Manual stimulation of the whisker pad after hypoglossal-facial anastomosis (HFA) using a Y-tube conduit does not improve recovery of whisking function

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 232, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2021-2033

  Ozsoy, Umut ^a   Demirel, Bahadir Murat ^a   Hizay, Arzu ^a   Ozsoy, Ozlem ^a   Ankerne, Janina ^b   Angelova, Srebrina ^b   Sarikcioglu, Levent ^a   Ucar, Yasar ^a   Turhan, Murat ^a   Dunlop, Sarah ^c   Angelov, Doychin N ^b  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Facial nerve; Functional recovery; Hypoglossal nerve; Manual stimulation; Motoneuron; Nerve repair

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FEMALE; HYPOGLOSSAL FACIAL ANASTOMOSIS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE GRAFT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRISSA; YOUNG ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC USE; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; INNERVATION; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; STIMULATION; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

1,1'-DIOLEYL-3,3,3',3'-TETRAMETHYLINDOCARBOCYANINE; CARBOCYANINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; CARBOCYANINES; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; FEMALE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISEASES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 84902545882     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-014-3892-2     Document Type: Article

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