Non-invasive stimulation of the vibrissal pad improves recovery of whisking function after simultaneous lesion of the facial and infraorbital nerves in rats

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-79

  Bendella, H ^a   Pavlov, S P ^b   Grosheva, M ^a   Irintchev, A ^c   Angelova, S K ^a   Merkel, D ^a   Sinis, N ^d   Kaidoglou, K ^e   Skouras, E ^a   Dunlop, S A ^f   Angelov, Doychin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA   (Bulgaria)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d Martin Luther Hospital   (Germany)

^e ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Facial nerve; Manual stimulation; Regeneration; Trigeminal nerve; Vibrissal function

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE LESION; NERVE REGENERATION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VIBRISSA; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; FEMALE; NERVE REGENERATION; ORBIT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 79958826499     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2697-9     Document Type: Article

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