Functional and morphological assessment of a standardized rat sciatic nerve crush injury with a non-serrated clamp

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1652-1670

  Varej̃ao, Artur S P ^a,e   Cabrita, Ant́onio M ^b   Meek, Marcel F ^c   Bulas Cruz, José ^a   Melo Pinto, Pedro ^a   Raimondo, Stefania ^d   Geuna, Stefano ^d   Giacobini Robecchi, Maria G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Axonotmesis; Computerized gait analysis; Crushed peripheral nerve; Functional recovery; Morphologic studies; Rat sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLAMP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSH TRAUMA; FUNCTION TEST; GAIT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANIMALS; AXONS; AXOTOMY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 8744275318     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2004.21.1652     Document Type: Article

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