A mild acute compression induces neurapraxia in rat sciatic nerve

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1561-1572

  Omura, Takao ^a,b   Sano, Michio ^a   Omura, Kumiko ^a   Hasegawa, Tomohiko ^a   Nagano, Akira ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Motor conduction velocity; Neurapraxia; Neurofilament; Sciatic function index; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE PARALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; WALKING;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NERVE CRUSH; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCIATIC NERVE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 9244222659     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450490509285     Document Type: Article

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