Regeneration along intact nerves using nerve growth factor and ciliary neurotrophic factor

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 473-481

  McCallister, Wren V ^a   McCallister, Erika L ^b   Dubois, Ben ^a   Trumble, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gap defect; Growth factor; Peripheral nerve injury

Indexed keywords

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 4544301143     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-833499     Document Type: Article

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