Upgraded nerve growth factor expression induced by low-intensity continuous-wave ultrasound accelerates regeneration of neurotometicly injured sciatic nerve in rats

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1109-1117

  Chen, Wen Zhi ^a   Qiao, Hai ^a   Zhou, Wei ^a   Wu, Junru ^b   Wang, Zhi Biao ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Clinical Center for Tumor Therapy of 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanism; Nerve growth factor; Nerve regeneration; Peripheral nerve injury; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION EFFECTS; CONTINUOUS WAVES; CONTROL GROUPS; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY; LOW INTENSITY ULTRASOUND; LOW-INTENSITY; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PRIMARY MECHANISM; SCIATIC NERVES; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; STIMULATING EFFECTS; TREATMENT GROUP; WISTAR RAT;

ABERRATIONS; BIOACTIVITY; CELL MEMBRANES; PEPTIDES; RATS;

ULTRASONICS;

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOW INTENSITY ULTRASOUND; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; THERAPY EFFECT; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77953900036     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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