An improved electrophysiological method to study peripheral nerve regeneration in rats

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-77

  Werdin, Frank ^a   Grüssinger, Hannes ^a   Jaminet, Patrick ^a   Kraus, Armin ^a   Manoli, Theodora ^a   Danker, Timm ^b   Guenther, Elke ^b   Haerlec, Max ^c   Schaller, Hans Eberhard ^a   Sinis, Nektarios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Klinik für Hand und Plastische Chirurgie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Median nerve; Nerve regeneration; Neurography; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROGRAPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67650502712     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.05.017     Document Type: Article

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