Regeneration of unmyelinated and myelinated sensory nerve fibres studied by a retrograde tracer method

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 225-232

  Lozeron, Pierre ^a   Krarup, Christian ^b   Schmalbruch, Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fluoro dextran; Nerve crush; Nerve regeneration; Rat; Sciatic nerve; Unmyelinated nerve fibres

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; FLUORO RUBY; FLUORO-RUBY; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; RHODAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GROWTH RATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; SURAL NERVE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INJURY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MYELINATED NERVE; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; DEXTRANS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; PERONEAL NERVE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RHODAMINES; SURAL NERVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 7744222157     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2004.04.012     Document Type: Article

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