The post-injury changes that occur in transected foetal nerves; an experimental study in the rat

The findings of this experimental foetal rat study have shown that transection of the peripheral branches of the maxillary and facial nerves on the 18th day of gestation is followed by axonal degeneration and regeneration. Although these processes are similar to those which occur in the adult animal...

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Published inBritish journal of plastic surgery Vol. 42; no. 3; pp. 296 - 300
Main Author Rowsell, Anthony R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.05.1989
Elsevier
Subjects
Animals
Axons - pathology
Axons - physiology
Biological and medical sciences
Facial Nerve - embryology
Facial Nerve - pathology
Facial Nerve - surgery
Female
Fetus - pathology
Fetus - physiology
Lip - injuries
Maxillary Nerve - embryology
Maxillary Nerve - pathology
Maxillary Nerve - surgery
Medical sciences
Nerve Degeneration
Nerve Regeneration
Nervous system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous
Neurology
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Time Factors
Nervous system diseases
Rat
Rodentia
Exploration
Facial nerve
Maxillary nerve
In utero
Section
Trauma
Pathology
Regeneration
Vertebrata
Experimental disease
Mammalia
Animal
Cranial nerve
Fetus
Degeneration
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Summary:The findings of this experimental foetal rat study have shown that transection of the peripheral branches of the maxillary and facial nerves on the 18th day of gestation is followed by axonal degeneration and regeneration. Although these processes are similar to those which occur in the adult animal, they occur more rapidly in the foetus. In this study the regenerating axons had crossed the wound and entered the neural tubes of the distal nerve segments by 24 hours after injury.
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ISSN:0007-1226
1465-3087
DOI:10.1016/0007-1226(89)90150-1