The effects of exogenous melatonin on peripheral nerve regeneration and collagen formation in rats

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 330-336

  Atik, Bekir ^a   Erkutlu, Ibrahim ^b   Tercan, Mustafa ^c   Buyukhatipoglu, Hakan ^d,e   Bekerecioglu, Mehmet ^b   Pence, Sadrettin ^b  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HAYDARPASA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d HARRAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^e HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

collagen formation; melatonin; peripheral nerve injury; regeneration

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; ENDONEURIUM; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; COLLAGEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MELATONIN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY;

EID: 79952486485     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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