Axonal branching and recovery of coordinated muscle activity after transsection of the facial nerve in adult rats
- Author
- Doychin N. Angelov, Wolfram F. Neiss, Orlando Guntinas-Lichius, …
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer
- Language
- English
- Document Type
- Book
- Faculty / Subject Heading
- Medical Science
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Facial nerve surgery inevitably leads to partial pareses, abnormally associated movements and pathologically altered reflexes. The reason for this "post-paralytic syndrome" is the misdirected reinnervation of targets
Keywords: Biomedical and life sciences / Autologous olfactory mucosa / Axonal regrowth / Cytoskeleton / Facial pareses / Influence / Muscle / Neuronal regeneration / Peripheral nerve regeneration / Regeneration