Animal model for peripheral nerve grafting.
We propose an animal model from which it is possible to follow nerve-muscle unit recovery after a nerve graft easily, consistently, and relatively inexpensively. The model is also compatible with subsequent histologic or histochemical analysis. We document the recovery of a group of animals after nerve grafting to demonstrate the flexibility of the model.
D000200:Action Potentials; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008954:Models, Biological; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009416:Nerve Regeneration; D009469:Neuromuscular Junction / Q000502:physiology*; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology / Q000637:transplantation*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013718:Tensile Strength