The effect of autogenous vein grafts on nerve repair with size discrepancy in rats: An electrophysiological and stereological analysis

Brain Research

Volumn 1198, Issue , 2008, Pages 171-181

  Acar, Murat ^a   Karacalar, Ahmet ^a   Ayyildiz, Mustafa ^a   Unal, Bunyami ^b   Canan, Sinan ^c   Agar, Erdal ^a   Kaplan, Suleyman ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Peroneal nerve; Stereology; Tibial nerve; Vein graft

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISSECTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; INNERVATION; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR NERVE; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECIPIENT; SCAR FORMATION; SENSORY NERVE; STEREOLOGY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SUTURING METHOD; TIBIAL NERVE; TISSUE FIXATION; VEIN GRAFT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 43049123367     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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