Traumatic neuroma in continuity injury model in rodents

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1691-1703

  Alant, Jacob Daniel De Villiers ^a   Kemp, Stephen William Peter ^a   Khu, Kathleen Joy Ong Lopez ^b   Kumar, Ranjan ^c   Webb, Aubrey A ^a   Midha, Rajiv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Philippines)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

locomotion; nerve injury; nerve regeneration; neuroma; Sunderland grade 4 injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSH TRAUMA; ENDONEURIUM; FIBROSIS; GROUND REACTION FORCE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PERINEURIUM; SCIATIC NERVE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 84861977938     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2011.1857     Document Type: Article

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