Accelerated axon outgrowth, guidance, and target reinnervation across nerve transection gaps following a brief electrical stimulation paradigm: Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 498-512

  Singh, Bhagat ^a   Xu, Qing Gui ^a   Franz, Colin K ^a   Zhang, Rumi ^b   Dalton, Colin ^b   Gordon, Tess A ^c   Verge, Valerie M K ^d   Midha, Rajiv ^a   Zochodne, Douglas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Mice; Microelectrode array; Nerve injury; Nerve regeneration; Neurite outgrowth; Peripheral nerve

Indexed keywords

YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROELECTRODE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MICE; NERVE REGENERATION; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 84857806164     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.10.JNS11612     Document Type: Article

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