An efficient stereological sampling approach for quantitative assessment of nerve regeneration

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 638-649

  Canan, S ^b   Bozkurt, H H ^c   Acar, M ^d   Vlamings, R ^e,f   Aktas, A ^c   Sahin, B ^a   Temel, Y ^e,f   Kaplan, Suleyman ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Terme State Hospital   (Turkey)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collagen conduit; Nerve; Peroneal; Regeneration; Stereology; Tibial

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SAMPLING; STEREOMETRY; TIBIAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSFER; PERONEAL NERVE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 53049105702     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2008.00938.x     Document Type: Article

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