Reduced cholinergic and glutamatergic synaptic input to regenerated motoneurons after facial nerve repair in rats: Potential implications for recovery of motor function

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 891-909

  Raslan, Abdulrahman ^a,b   Ernst, Philipp ^a   Werle, Marlen ^a   Thieme, Heike ^a   Szameit, Katja ^a   Finkensieper, Mira ^a   Guntinas Lichius, Orlando ^a   Irintchev, Andrey ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cholinergic synapses; Stereology; Synaptic terminals; Vesicular GABA transporter; Vesicular glutamate transporter 2; Whisking

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL COUNT; CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DENDRITIC ARBOR VOLUME; FACIAL FACIAL ANASTOMOSIS; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; GLIA CELL; GLIOSIS; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; GOLGI STAIN; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MALE; MICROGLIA; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; STEREOLOGY; SYNAPSE; VIBRISSA; VIDEORECORDING; ANIMAL; CONVALESCENCE; FACE; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURGERY; SYNAPTOSOME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; FACE; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE REGENERATION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84902375808     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-013-0542-6     Document Type: Article

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