Lumbricus extract promotes the regeneration of injured peripheral nerve in rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-54

  Wei, Shaoyin ^a   Yin, Xiaofeng ^a   Kou, Yuhui ^a   Jiang, Baoguo ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Lumbricus; Motor function recovery; Nerve regeneration; Peripheral nerve injury

Indexed keywords

LUMBRICUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MYELINATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; OLIGOCHAETA; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

LUMBRICUS; RATTUS;

EID: 64249159671     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.02.030     Document Type: Article

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