Local stabilization of microtubule assembly improves recovery of facial nerve function after repair

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 131-144

  Grosheva, Maria ^a   Guntinas Lichius, Orlando ^b   Angelova, Srebrina K ^a   Kuerten, Stefanie ^a   Alvanou, Athanasia ^c   Streppel, Michael ^a   Skouras, Emmanouil ^a   Sinis, Nektarios ^d   Pavlov, Stoyan ^e   Angelov, Doychin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Axon regeneration; Axotomy; Motoneuron; Motor end plate; Polyinnervation; Taxol; Tubulin; Whisking behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; AXONS; CELL COUNT; CHEEK; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULES; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MOVEMENT; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; NOCODAZOLE; PACLITAXEL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE FIXATION; TUBULIN; VIBRISSAE; VINBLASTINE;

EID: 37549029820     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2007.09.016     Document Type: Article

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