Electrical stimulation promotes motor nerve regeneration selectivity regardless of end-organ connection

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 641-649

  Wang, Wen Jin ^a   Zhu, Hao ^a   Li, Feng ^a   Wan, Li Dan ^a   Li, Hai Chuan ^a   Ding, Wen Long ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

End organ; motoneuron; motoneuron regeneration; neural trophic factors

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; AXOTOMY; DENERVATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 64849100790     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2008.0758     Document Type: Article

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