Survival and regeneration of cutaneous and muscular afferent neurons after peripheral nerve injury in adult rats

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 315-323

  Welin, Dag ^a   Novikova, Liudmila N ^a   Wiberg, Mikael ^a   Kellerth, Jan Olof ^a   Novikov, Lev N ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Axonal reaction; Dorsal root ganglion; Motor neuron; Nerve regeneration; Peripheral nerve graft

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE GRAFT; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKIN NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; SURAL NERVE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SKIN;

EID: 41049098270     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-1232-5     Document Type: Article

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