Electrical stimulation of regenerating nerve and its effect on motor recovery

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Brain Research

Volume 272, Issue 1, 1 August 1983, Pages 21-25

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Abstract

The rate of recovery of motor function, after axonotmesis of the motor nerve innervating the soleus muscle in the rabbit, was evaluated. In a chronic study over a period of 4 weeks, contraction parameters and muscle action potentials were recorded. A group of rabbits, whose soleus nerves were stimulated with 4 pps for 24 h daily, was compared with a control group. The electrically stimulated animals showed a faster improvement in motor function and reached their initial values a week earlier than the controls. Electrical stimulation proved to have a positive effect on the regeneration and motor recovery of nerves.

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Electrical stimulation of regenerating nerve and its effect on motor recovery

Abstract

Brain Research

Brain Research

Brain Research

Brain Research

Exp. Neurol.

Efferents and afferents in an intact muscle nerve: background activity and effects of sural nerve stimulation in the cat

J. Physiol. (Lond.)

Einfluss elektrischer Reizung auf die Regeneration peripherer Nerven

Dtsch. Z. Nervenheilk.

Interaction between motoneurons and muscles in respect of characteristic speeds of their responses

J. Physiol. (Lond.)

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J. Physiol. (Lond.)

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J. Physiol. (Lond.)

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J. Physiol. (Lond.)

The rate of regeneration of nerve

J. exp. Biol.

The effect of galvanic exercise on denervated and reinnervated muscle in the rabbit

J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiat.

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Physiol. Bohemoslov.