Axonal supercharging technique using reverse end-to-side neurorrhaphy in peripheral nerve repair: An experimental study in the rat model

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 821-829

  Fujiwara, Toshihiro ^a   Matsuda, Ken ^a,b   Kubo, Tateki ^a   Tomita, Koichi ^a   Hattori, Ryo ^a   Masuoka, Takeshi ^a   Yano, Kenji ^a   Hosokawa, Ko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal model; End to side nerve repair; Nerve regeneration; Neurorrhaphy; Peripheral nerve

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINNERVATION; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; AXONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 35148899578     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS-07/10/0821     Document Type: Article

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