Aspects of static and dynamic motor function in peripheral nerve regeneration: SSI and CatWalk gait analysis

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-62

  Bozkurt, A ^a   Scheffel, J ^a   Brook, G A ^b   Joosten, E A ^c   Suschek, C V ^a   O'Dey, D M ^a   Pallua, N ^a   Deumens, R ^b,c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autologous nerve transplantation; Axon regeneration; Axonotmesis; Crush injury; Functional recovery; Nerve repair; Neurotmesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CATWALK; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCIATIC NERVE; STATIC SCIATIC INDEX; TOE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; TOES;

EID: 78651249788     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.12.018     Document Type: Article

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