Electrical stimulation enhances peripheral nerve regeneration after crush injury in rats

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1523-1527

  Zhang, Xu ^a   Xin, Na ^a   Tong, Lei ^a   Tong, Xiao Jie ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Myelin protein zero; Peripheral nerve regeneration

Indexed keywords

MYELIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CRUSH; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; RAT; REMYELINIZATION; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYELIN P0 PROTEIN; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SCIATIC NERVE;

HELIOTHIS ZEA VIRUS 1; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84875968872     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2013.1395     Document Type: Article

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