Single session of brief electrical stimulation immediately following crush injury enhances functional recovery of rat facial nerve

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 451-458

  Foecking, Eileen M ^a,b   Fargo, Keith N ^b,c   Coughlin, Lisa M ^b   Kim, James T ^a   Marzo, Sam J ^a   Jones, Kathryn J ^a,b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Facial nerve; Facial paralysis; Functional recovery; Injury; Motoneuron; Peripheral nerve

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY; INJURY; MOTONEURON; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

ANIMALS; NEURONS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

RECOVERY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACIAL NERVE; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE REGENERATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 84866463482     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 19381352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2011.03.0033     Document Type: Article

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