Loss of small fibers in entrapment neuropathy and their regeneration after surgical decompression in a rat model

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1658-1666

  Hsieh, Ching Hua ^a   Jeng, Seng Feng ^a   Lu, Tsu Hsiang ^a   Chen, Yi Chun ^a   Hsieh, Min Wei ^a   Chen, Shun Sheng ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Entrapment neuropathy; Intraepidermal nerve fiber density (IENFD); Protein gene product 9.5 (PGP 9.5); Small fiber neuropathy; Surgical decompression

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SKIN BIOPSY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; SKIN;

EID: 35648995327     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2007.0279     Document Type: Article

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