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Toluidine Blue Staining of Peripheral Nerve Sections: A Technique to Stain Myelinated Nerve Fibers For Peripheral Nerve Structure Visualization
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2025
This video demonstrates the staining technique of resin-embedded, osmium tetroxide-treated rat peripheral nerve sections using toluidine blue. The stained nerve sections help visualize the fine structures of peripheral nerves.
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Structured Motor Rehabilitation After Selective Nerve Transfers
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2019
Here, we present a protocol for the motor rehabilitation of patients with severe nerve injuries and selective nerve transfer surgery. It aims at restoring the motor function proposing several stages in patient education, early-stage therapy after surgery and interventions for rehabilitation after successful re-innervation of the nerve’s target.
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Construction of a Composite Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interface in a Rat Model of Nerve Injury
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2025
Source: Svientek, S. R., et al. Fabrication of the Composite Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interface (C-RPNI) in the Adult Rat. J. Vis. Exp. (2020).This video demonstrates the surgical construction of a composite regenerative peripheral nerve interface (C-RPNI) in a rat model of peripheral nerve injury. The procedure involves attaching a transected peroneal nerve to a muscle graft and overlaying it with a dermal skin graft to promote nerve regeneration. Over time, motor and sensory neurons...
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Vagus Nerve Stimulation via Chronically Implanted Peripheral Nerve Cuff Electrodes in Rats
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2025
Source: Sanchez, C. A., et al. Preparation of Peripheral Nerve Stimulation Electrodes for Chronic Implantation in Rats. J. Vis. Exp. (2020).This video demonstrates vagus nerve stimulation in an awake rat. A rat with an implanted chronic peripheral nerve cuff electrode and trained in a lever press task is connected to a stimulus generator via an implanted head cap. The vagus nerve is stimulated immediately after each successful lever press, resulting in the expansion of the motor map.
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Axoplasm Isolation from Rat Sciatic Nerve
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2010
We demonstrate a protocol for axoplasm isolation from adult rat sciatic nerve based on dissection of nerve fascicles and incubation in hypotonic medium to release myelin and lyse non-axonal structures, followed by extraction of the remaining axon-enriched material.
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Myelin insulates selected axons, while nodes of Ranvier provide regularly spaced gaps along the myelin covering. Together, these features support saltatory conduction, in which the signal travels rapidly between nodes rather than progressing continuously along every part of the axon. This arrangement helps explain how nerve architecture contributes to efficient information transfer.
Fascicles organize groups of axons within a nerve, the perineurium encloses each fascicle, and the epineurium surrounds the nerve as a whole. These nested levels connect cellular organization with tissue-scale anatomy. Examining them separately helps researchers relate the position of axons and supporting structures to overall nerve architecture.
Axon arrangement determines how individual signaling elements are collected into larger anatomical units. Axons may be myelinated, grouped into fascicles, and embedded within successive connective-tissue layers. Recognizing this organization prevents nerve anatomy from being viewed as a uniform bundle and provides a structural basis for analyzing communication across cellular and tissue scales.
The architecture of a nerve provides a framework for tracing sensory and motor information between the peripheral nervous system and central nervous system. Its organized axons, myelin, fascicles, and connective-tissue layers can be examined in relation to the direction and role of signaling. This supports clearer interpretation of neuroanatomy without reducing nerve function to a single structural level.
A peripheral nerve injury can disrupt the organized pathway through which information travels, affecting communication between the peripheral and central nervous systems. Examining the arrangement of axons, myelin, fascicles, and surrounding connective tissue helps researchers interpret how structural disruption relates to impaired signaling. The same framework also supports studies of nerve regeneration and recovery.
Researchers use the organization of nerves as a reference framework when studying neuroanatomy, nerve regeneration, and neurological disease. Comparing cellular features such as axons and myelin with tissue-level features such as fascicles and connective-tissue coverings helps connect structural changes with altered communication. This multiscale view supports interpretation of normal and disrupted nerve function.