Activity cage as a method to analyze functional recovery after sciatic nerve injury in mice

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 213-219

  Pavić, Roman ^a,c   Tvrdeić, Ante ^b   Tot, Ozana Katarina ^a   Heffer Lauc, Marija ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^b JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^c NONE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Activity cage; Injury; Nerve; Regeneration; Sciatic

Indexed keywords

NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; C3H MOUSE; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSH TRAUMA; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FORCEPS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GANGLIOSIDES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 37549006043     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: 13691651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220701745621     Document Type: Article

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