Profiling of innervations of mimetic muscles in fresh human cadavers using a modified Sihler's technique

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-94

  Liu, An Tang ^a   Yu, Da Zhi ^a   Chen, Gang ^a   Dang, Rui Shan ^b   Zhang, Ying Fan ^a   Zhang, Wen Jun ^a   Liu, Ben Li ^a   Jiang, Hua ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Facial nerve; Facial surgery; Intramuscular nerve branches; Regional anatomy; Sihler's nerve staining technique

Indexed keywords

DYE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MODIFIED SIHLER TECHNIQUE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE PLEXUS; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; STAINING;

ADULT; CADAVER; COLORING AGENTS; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE ENDINGS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 77954130071     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21622     Document Type: Article

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