Transcardial perfusion versus immersion fixation for assessment of peripheral nerve regeneration

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 303-309

  Kasukurthi, Rahul ^a   Brenner, Michael J ^b   Moore, Amy M ^a   Moradzadeh, Arash ^a   Ray, Wilson Z ^a   Santosa, Katherine B ^a   Mackinnon, Susan E ^a   Hunter, Daniel A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Fixation; Histology; Histomorphometry; Immersion; Nerve regeneration; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

GLUTARALDEHYDE; MYELIN; PARAFORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; IMMERSION; LEWIS RAT; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; AXONS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISSECTION; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTARAL; HEART; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; PERFUSION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POLYMERS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 70350028697     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.08.019     Document Type: Article

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