Can regenerated nerve fibers return to normal size? A long-term post-traumatic study of the rat median nerve crush injury model

Microsurgery

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 383-387

  Muratori, Luisa ^a   Ronchi, Giulia ^a   Raimondo, Stefania ^a   Giacobini Robecchi, Maria G ^a   Fornaro, Michele ^a   Geuna, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NERVE REGENERATION; ORGAN SIZE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863722229     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.21969     Document Type: Article

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