Electro-acupuncture on functional peripheral nerve regeneration in mice: a behavioural study

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hoang, Ngoc S ^a,c   Sar, Chamroeun ^a   Valmier, Jean ^a,b   Sieso, Victor ^a,b   Scamps, Frédérique ^a  

^a Montpellier University Medical Center   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Crush; Nerve injury; Pain; Sciatic nerve; Sensorimotor

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; GAIT; HEAT SENSITIVITY; MOUSE; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; SCIATIC NERVE INJURY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867804880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-141     Document Type: Article

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