Structural and functional changes in nerve roots due to tension at various strains and strain rates: An in-vivo study

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 627-640

  Singh, Anita ^a,c   Kallakuri, Srinivasu ^b   Chen, Chaoyang ^b   Cavanaugh, John M ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Wayne State University   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional injury; spinal nerve roots; strain; strain rate; structural injury

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXOPLASM FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECORDING; SILVER IMPREGNATION; SPINAL ROOT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; AXOTOMY; BIOMECHANICS; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RADICULOPATHY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 64849108608     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2008.0621     Document Type: Article

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