Simvastatin improves morphological and functional recovery of sciatic nerve injury in Wistar rats

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 284-289

  Xavier, A M ^a   Serafim, K G G ^a   Higashi, D T ^a   Vanat, N ^a   Flaiban, K K M Da C ^a   Siqueira, C P C M ^a   Venancio E J ^a   Ramos, S De P ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Immunomodulation; Nervous regeneration; Sciatic nerve; Simvastatin

Indexed keywords

SIMVASTATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RATING SCALE; SCIATIC FUNCTION INDEX; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE INJURY; SPLEEN WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE; SIMVASTATIN; SPLEEN;

EID: 84857371918     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.05.036     Document Type: Article

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