title: Polyamines enhance recovery after sciatic nerve trauma in the rat.
abstract: Spermine, a polyamine, is known to enhance motor functional recovery after a sciatic nerve lesion in the rat. The effect of spermine on the sensory axonal elongation after a sciatic crush was studied with the pinch-test from the sural nerve in the rat. The effect of spermidine, another polyamine, on the motor functional recovery after a trauma was studied by using the toe-spreading ability as an indicator of motor recovery after a sciatic crush in the rat. Spermine enhanced the rate of regeneration of the sensory axons by 16%. Spermidine enhanced the rate of the motor recovery by 30%. These results suggest that not only spermine but also spermidine enhance regeneration of peripheral somatic nerves.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kauppila
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D009043:Motor Activity; D009068:Movement; D009416:Nerve Regeneration / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000187:drug effects / Q000293:injuries* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012677:Sensation; D013095:Spermidine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013096:Spermine / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D013096:Spermine; D013095:Spermidine