title: Behavioral and histologic experimental model of facial nerve regeneration in rats.
abstract: To setup an experimental model is the first step to study neural regeneration.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Setting up an experimental model on facial nerve regeneration.
  
  
  METHODS
  Wistar rats with complete sectioning and suturing of the extratemporal facial nerve trunk; with a behavioral and histological analysis for 9 weeks.
  
  
  METHODS
  Experimental prospective study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Progressive clinical and histological recovery of the animals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our method is acceptable to study facial nerve regeneration in rats.
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SP.
authors.forename: Andrei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borin
authors.forename: Ronaldo Nunes
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Toledo
authors.forename: Simone Damasceno de
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Faria
authors.forename: José Ricardo Gurgel
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Testa
authors.forename: Oswaldo Laércio Mendonça
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Cruz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D023421:Models, Animal; D009186:Myelin Sheath / Q000473:pathology; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology; D009416:Nerve Regeneration / Q000502:physiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013997:Time Factors