Brief transvertebral electrical stimulation of the spinal cord improves the specificity of femoral nerve reinnervation

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 260-268

  Franz, Colin K ^a   Singh, Bhagat ^a   Martinez, Jose A ^a   Zochodne, Douglas W ^a   Midha, Rajiv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Electrical stimulation; Femoral nerve; NCAM; Nerve regeneration; Peripheral nerve injury; Polysialic acid; Preferential motor reinnervation

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL NERVE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REINNERVATION; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINAL GANGLION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TISSUE SECTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMORAL NEUROPATHY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84877864770     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968312461717     Document Type: Article

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