Impact of different types of facial nerve reconstruction on the recovery of motor function: An experimental study in adult rats

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1276-1283

  Guntinas Lichius, Orlando ^a   Hundeshagen, Gregor ^b   Paling, Thomas ^b   Angelov, Doychin N ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Facial nerve; Fluorescence tracing; Graft; Hypoglossal nerve; Rat; Suture; Whisking

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FLUORESCENCE HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNKINESIS;

AMIDINES; AMINO ACIDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ZYGOMA;

EID: 37649014767     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000306107.70421.a4     Document Type: Article

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