The relationship between nerve conduction velocity and fiber morphology during peripheral nerve regeneration

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 382-390

  Ikeda, Masayoshi ^a   Oka, Yoshinori ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY OISO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axon diameter; Fiber diameter; g ratio; Internodal length; Motor nerve conduction velocity; Nerve regeneration

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; COMMON PERONEAL NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 84875449683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21623279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.61     Document Type: Article

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