The effects of irreversible electroporation (IRE) on nerves

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Li, Wei ^a   Fan, Qingyu ^a   Ji, Zhenwei ^a   Qiu, Xiuchun ^a   Li, Zhao ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IRREVERSIBLE ELECTROPORATION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; RAT; REMYELINIZATION; SCIATIC NERVE; THERAPY EFFECT; ANIMAL; ELECTROPORATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPORATION; RATS; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 79955034428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018831     Document Type: Article

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