PEMF fails to enhance nerve regeneration after sciatic nerve crush lesion

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 285-293

  Baptista, Abrahão Fontes ^a,b,c   Goes, Bruno Teixeira ^d   Menezes, Diego ^c   Gomes, Flávia Carvalho Alcantara ^a   Zugaib, João ^d   Stipursky, Joice ^a   Gomes, Joyce R S ^d   Oliveira, Júlia Teixeira ^a,d   Vannier Santos, Marcos André ^c   Martinez, Ana Maria Blanco ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d ESCOLA BAHIANA DE MEDICINA E SAÚDE PÚBLICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Mouse; Regeneration; Sciatic nerve lesion

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HISTOLOGY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULSED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY; SCIATIC NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY; MALE; MICE; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73549113284     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: 15298027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8027.2009.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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