Polyethylene glycol rapidly restores axonal integrity and improves the rate of motor behavior recovery after sciatic nerve crush injury

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 695-703

  Britt, Joshua M ^a   Kane, Jacqueline R ^a   Spaeth, Christopher S ^a   Zuzek, Aleksej ^a   Robinson, Garrett L ^a   Gbanaglo, Melengor Y ^a   Estler, Cody J ^a   Boydston, Elaine A ^a   Schallert, Timothy ^a,b,c   Bittner, George D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; MACROGOL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSH TRAUMA; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TIME FACTORS; XANTHENES;

EID: 77955977971     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01051.2009     Document Type: Article

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