Chapter 4 Methods and Protocols in Peripheral Nerve Regeneration Experimental Research: Part I-Experimental Models

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 87, Issue C, 2009, Pages 47-79

  Tos, Pierluigi ^a   Ronchi, Giulia ^c   Papalia, Igor ^b   Sallen, Vera ^d   Legagneux, Josette ^e   Geuna, Stefano ^c   Giacobini Robecchi, MariaG ^c  

^a CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d CLINIQUE JOUVENET   (France)

^e Assistance Publique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL ELONGATION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COCULTURE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLIA CELL; GRASPING TEST; HINDLIMB; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSURGERY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NERVE LESION; NERVE LIGATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE; ULNAR TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL LINE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DENERVATION; GLIA; HUMAN; INJURY; INNERVATION; NERVE CELL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DENERVATION; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 70349784203     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(09)87004-9     Document Type: Review

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