Daily facial stimulation to improve recovery after facial nerve repair in rats

Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 180-185

  Lindsay, Robin W ^a,c   Heaton, James T ^b   Edwards, Colin ^a   Smitson, Christopher ^a,c   Vakharia, Kalpesh ^a,c   Hadlock, Tessa A ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NERVE REGENERATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; STIMULATION; VIBRISSA; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); NERVE REGENERATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 77956629539     PISSN: 15212491     EISSN: 15383660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfacial.2010.39     Document Type: Article

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