A dose-effect relationship of Ginkgo biloba extract to nerve regeneration in a rat model

Microsurgery

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 673-677

  Lin, Haodong ^a   Wang, Huan ^a   Chen, Desong ^a   Gu, Yudong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE MASS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GINKGO BILOBA; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; PINCH STRENGTH; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36448959807     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20430     Document Type: Article

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