Ultrasound imaging of regenerating rat sciatic nerves in situ

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 276-279

  Kuffler, Damien P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Axon regeneration; Imaging; Nerve visualization; Ultra sound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 77951206056     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.02.023     Document Type: Article

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