Motoneuron survival after chronic and sequential peripheral nerve injuries in the rat

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 890-899

  Xu, Qing Gui ^a   ForDen, Joanne ^a   Walsh, Sarah K ^a   Gordon, Tessa ^b   Midha, Rajiv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axotomy; Fast Blue; Fluoro Gold; Neuron death; Rat femoral nerve; Retrograde tracing

Indexed keywords

FAST BLUE; FLUOROGOLD;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL NERVE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RAT; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SPINAL CORD;

AMIDINES; ANIMALS; AXONS; AXOTOMY; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMORAL NERVE; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; STILBAMIDINES;

EID: 77950633628     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.8.JNS09812     Document Type: Article

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