A standardized surgical technique for rat superior cervical ganglionectomy

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-33

  Savastano, Luis Emilio ^a,b,c   Castro, Analía Elizabeth ^a,b,c   Fitt, Marcos René ^a,b,c   Rath, Martin Fredensborg ^d   Romeo, Horacio Eduardo ^e   Muñoz, Estela Maris ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c National Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology (ANPCyT)   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cervical sympathectomy; Decentralization; Denervation; Rat; Superior cervical ganglia; Superior cervical ganglionectomy; Surgical procedure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DECENTRALIZATION; DENERVATION; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCISION; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; NECK; NECK MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; RAT; SALIVARY GLAND; SUBLINGUAL GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLIONECTOMY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHETIC TRUNK;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GANGLIONECTOMY; HORNER SYNDROME; MALE; NECK; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION;

EID: 77956232177     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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