Improved technique for stereotactic placement of nerve grafts between two locations inside the rat brain

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 194-201

  Gómez Pinedo, Ulises ^a   Félez, M Carmen ^a   Sancho Bielsa, Francisco J ^a   Vidueira, Sandra ^a   Cabanes, Carmen ^a   Soriano, Mario ^a,c   García Verdugo, José M ^a,c   Barcia, Juan A ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Grafting stereotactic cannula; Nigrostriatal pathway; Peripheral nerve grafts; Regeneration; Stereotactic placement

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE GRAFT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; SCIATIC NERVE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 50949096325     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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