Axonal Branching and Recovery of Coordinated Muscle Activity after Transsection of the Facial Nerve in Adult Rats /
| Autores principales: | , , , , |
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2005.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2005. |
| Colección: | Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology,
180 |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Outline of the General Neurobiological Problem
- The Perikarya Which Support Axonal Regrowth are Hyperexcitable
- Axonal Regrowth is Compromised by Ephaptic Cross-Talk Between the Branches
- Biological Significance of Axonal Branching
- Role of Cytoskeleton Reorganization During Axonal Branching
- The Individual Guidance Cues Promoting Reinnervation of Original Targets are Still Unknown
- Conclusion
- Outline of the Clinical Problem
- Questions Still Open
- Methodological Approach
- Materials and Methods
- First Set of Experiments: Attempts to Reduce Collateral Axonal Branching by Alterations of the Trigeminal Input to the Facial Perikarya
- Second Set of Experiments: Attempts to Reduce Collateral Axonal Branching at the Lesion Site
- Results
- First Set of Experiments: Influence of the Altered Afferent Input to Axotomized Facial Perikarya on the Quality of Reinnervation
- Second set of Experiments: Attempts to Reduce Collateral Axonal Branching at the Lesion Site
- Discussion
- The Combined Approach to Evaluate the Quality of Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
- Sensory-Motor Integrity as A Factor for Motor Regeneration
- Collateral Branching Versus Terminal Sprouting of Axons
- Prospects for the Future
- References
- Subject index.