Beneficial Effect of Metformin on Nerve Regeneration and Functional Recovery After Sciatic Nerve Crush Injury in Diabetic Rats

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1130-1137

  Ma, Junxiong ^a   Liu, Jun ^a   Yu, Hailong ^a   Chen, Yu ^a   Wang, Qi ^a   Xiang, Liangbi ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NORTHERN THEATER COMMAND   (China)

Author keywords

Functional recovery; Metformin; Nerve regeneration; Neuroprotective; Sciatic nerve injury

Indexed keywords

METFORMIN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CRUSH TRAUMA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEAT SENSATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE INJURY; STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETES MELLITUS; TREATMENT DURATION; ANIMAL; AXON; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DRUG EFFECTS; INJURIES; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIATIC NERVE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; METFORMIN; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 84952644317     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-015-1803-y     Document Type: Article

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