The convergence of facial nerve branches providing whisker pad motor supply in rats: Implications for facial reanimation study

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 692-697

  Henstrom, Doug ^a   Hadlock, Tessa ^b   Lindsay, Robin ^c   Knox, Christopher J ^b   Malo, Juan ^b   Vakharia, Kalpesh T ^b   Heaton, James T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Bethesda Naval Medical Center   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Facial nerve; Movement; Rats; Vibrissae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEEK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL REANIMATION; FEMALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESUSCITATION; VIBRISSA; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; DENERVATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MOVEMENT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VIBRISSAE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84859763899     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23232     Document Type: Article

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