The Biology, Limits, and Promotion of Peripheral Nerve Regeneration in Rats and Humans

Nerves and Nerve Injuries: Pain, Treatment, Injury, Disease and Future Directions: Vol 2

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 993-1019

  Gordon, Tessa ^a,b  

^a Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Functional recovery; Peripheral nerve regeneration; Target reinnervation; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940014357     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-802653-3.00110-X     Document Type: Chapter

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