Experimental study of low dose ultrashortwave promoting nerve regeneration after acellular nerve allografts repairing the sciatic nerve gap of rats

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 501-509

  Zhang, Li Xin ^a   Tong, Xiao Jie ^a   Sun, Xiao Hong ^a   Tong, Lei ^a   Gao, Jie ^a   Jia, Hua ^a   Li, Zhen Hua ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Expression of VEGFmRNA; Peripheral nerve injury; Ultrashortwave

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATHERMY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE MASS; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPREGULATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE REGENERATION; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SCIATIC NERVE; SHORT-WAVE THERAPY; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 43049146537     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-007-9226-1     Document Type: Article

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