FK506 helps motor co-ordination recovery following sciatic nerve transection in the young but not in the senile rats

International Journal of Neuroprotection and Neuroregeneration

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-150

  Patro, Ishan ^a   Saxena, Kapil ^a   Tiwari, Shashank ^a   Patro, Nisha ^a  

^a JIWAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

FK506; Functional recovery; Motor co ordination; Neuroregeneration; Sciatic nerve injury; Senile

Indexed keywords

TACROLIMUS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; ROTAROD TEST; SCIATIC FUNCTIONAL INDEX; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE TRANSECTION; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 63049130771     PISSN: 17451183     EISSN: 17451191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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