Electrical stimulation accelerates nerve regeneration and functional recovery in delayed peripheral nerve injury in rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3691-3701

  Huang, Jinghui ^a   Zhang, Yongguang ^a,b   Lu, Lei ^c   Hu, Xueyu ^a   Luo, Zhuojing ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUZHOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Delayed nerve injury repair; Electrical stimulation; Nerve regeneration; Peripheral nerve injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE STUMP; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD; THICKNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DELAYED NERVE INJURY REPAIR; ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84890309304     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12370     Document Type: Article

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