Morphological assessment of early axonal regeneration in end-to-side nerve coaptation models

Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 299-307

  Oyamatsu, Hiroshi ^a   Koga, Daisuke ^a   Igarashi, Michihiro ^a   Shibata, Minoru ^a   Ushiki, Tatsuo ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

End to side nerve coaptation; GAP 43; Nerve injury; Nerve regeneration; Perineurial window; Peripheral nerve; RT97

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; NEUROMODULIN;

ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; ULNAR NERVE; WISTAR RAT;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; AXONS; GAP-43 PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE; NERVE REGENERATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 84866686221     PISSN: 2000656X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/2000656X.2012.696264     Document Type: Article

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