Reproducible mouse sciatic nerve crush and subsequent assessment of regeneration by whole mount muscle analysis

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 60, 2012, Pages

  Bauder, Andrew R ^a   Ferguson, Toby A ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Issue 60; Mouse; Muscle whole mount; Neuromuscular junction; Neuroscience; Regeneration; Sciatic nerve crush

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857805651     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3606     Document Type: Article

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