Rapid, effective, and long-lasting behavioral recovery produced by microsutures, methylene blue, and polyethylene glycol after completely cutting rat sciatic nerves

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 967-980

  Bittner, G D ^a   Keating, C P ^b   Kane, J R ^a   Britt, J M ^a   Spaeth, C S ^a,d   Fan, J D ^a   Zuzek, A ^a   Wilcott, R W ^a   Thayer, W P ^c   Winograd, J M ^b   Gonzalez Lima, F ^a   Schallert, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Axotomy; Nerve regeneration; Nerve repair

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CALCIUM; HYPOTONIC SOLUTION; MACROGOL; METHYLENE BLUE; SEALANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AXOPLASM FLOW; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CELL; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EX VIVO STUDY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE SURGERY; NEURITE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SUTURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FLUORESCENT DYES; METHYLENE BLUE; MICROSURGERY; NEURAL CONDUCTION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84858007710     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23023     Document Type: Article

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