Standardized crush injury of the mouse median nerve

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-75

  Ronchi, G ^a   Raimondo, S ^a   Varejao A S P ^c   Tos, P ^b   Perroteau, I ^a   Geuna, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Crush injury; Grasping test; Median nerve; Mouse; Nerve regeneration; Quantitative morphology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSH TRAUMA; DISEASE MODEL; MEDIAN NERVE; MOUSE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDIZATION; STEREOMETRY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HAND STRENGTH; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MICE; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 77950461162     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.01.024     Document Type: Article

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