Functional and morphological assessment of a standardized crush injury of the rat median nerve

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-57

  Ronchi, G ^a   Nicolino, S ^a   Raimondo, S ^a   Tos, P ^b   Battiston, B ^b   Papalia, I ^c   Varejao A S P ^d   Giacobini Robecchi, M G ^a   Perroteau, I ^a   Geuna, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Crush injury; Functional recovery; Grasping test; Nerve regeneration; Quantitative morphology; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CRUSH TRAUMA; DISEASE MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; MEDIAN NERVE; MORPHOLOGY; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOTOR SKILLS; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 61649126439     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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