title: Ventral rhizotomy enhances regeneration of uninjured sensory neurons.
abstract: Uninjured sensory neurons show metabolic and morphologic changes, as well as enhanced regeneration, when exposed to adjacent degenerating ventral root fibers. The release of a neurotrophic factor from the degenerating nerve fibers may be responsible for 'priming' the uninjured neuron and thereby enhancing its response to injury.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006984:Hypertrophy; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D009416:Nerve Regeneration; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000502:physiology*; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000293:injuries*
chemical_list: D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins