Side distinct sciatic nerve recovery differences between rats and mice

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 163-170

  Pavić, Roman ^a,c   Pavić, Michele L ^b   Tot, Ozana Katarina ^a   Benšić, Mirta ^b   Heffer Lauc, Marija ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^b JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^c NONE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Axonal injury; Motor function; Peripheral nerve injury; Recovery; Sciatic Functional Index

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GAIT; MALE; MOUSE; NEEDLE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RAT; SCIATIC FUNCTIONAL INDEX; SCIATIC NERVE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; DENERVATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAIT; HINDLIMB; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RODENTIA; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 52949117713     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: 13691651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220802276666     Document Type: Article

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