Anterior cornual motoneuron regression pattern after sacral plexus avulsion in rats

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 156, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1599-1604

  Jiang, Xi ^a   Chen, Xiao ^b   Shen, Di ^a   Chen, Aimin ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anterior horn; Motor neuron; Sacral plexus avulsion; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SURVIVAL RATE; ANIMAL; INJURIES; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84904412798     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-014-2114-9     Document Type: Article

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