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Functional and Physiological Methods of Evaluating Median Nerve Regeneration in the Rat

Functional and Physiological Methods of Evaluating Median Nerve Regeneration in the Rat

DOI:
10.3791/59767-v

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12:09 min

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April 18, 2020

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1Anatomy Department,NOVA Medical School, 2Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department and Burn Unit,Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, 3Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences and Technology,LIBPhys, 4Glycoimmunology, CEDOC,NOVA Medical School, 5UCIBIO, Life Sciences Department, Faculty of Sciences and Technology,Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 6Tissue Repair Unit, CEDOC,NOVA Medical School, 7Pathology Department,Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central

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  • 00:00Introduction
  • 00:47Median Nerve Exposure
  • 01:54Experimental Groups
  • 02:35Housing and Physiotherapy
  • 03:55Functional Tests
  • 06:34Physiological Measurements
  • 09:09Results
  • 10:17Conclusion

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Presented is a protocol to produce different types of median nerve (MN) lesions and repair in the rat. Additionally, the protocol shows how to evaluate the functional recovery of the nerve using several noninvasive behavioral tests and physiological measurements.

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Median NerveRat ModelNerve InjuryNerve RegenerationFunctional EvaluationCrush InjuryNerve ExcisionNerve Graft

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