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| Author(s): |
Vânia Tognon-Miguel
[1]
;
Adriana Helena do Nascimento-Elias
;
Maria Cristina Lopes Schiavoni
[3]
;
Amilton Antunes Barreira
[4]
Total Authors: 4
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto. Departamento de Neurociências e Ciências do Comportamento - Brasil
[3] Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto. Departamento de Neurociências e Ciências do Comportamento - Brasil
[4] Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto. Departamento de Neurociências e Ciências do Comportamento - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 4
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria; v. 74, n. 5, p. 367-372, 2016-05-00. |
| Abstract | |
ABSTRACT There are few histomorphometric studies on the unmyelinated fibers of the fibular nerve in rats, and the number of experimental studies using this nerve has been increasing in the last years. Sixty-two percent of the endoneurial area from 10 fibular nerves of adult Wistar rats was scanned by electron microscopy, and digitized. The total number of unmyelinated axons (1.882 ± 271) was significantly lesser, and their axon diameters (0.2 µm to 2.8 µm) significantly higher than that determined in previous studies. The histogram peaked at 1 µm. The differences could be due to the nerve sampled area, the number and the age of the animals evaluated, and the laboratory techniques used. This study brings new and referential data to be used in experimental investigations involving histomorphometric evaluation of the rat fibular nerve. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 12/11012-7 - Identification of pharmaceutical vehicles to carry inducers of the peripheral nerve regeneration using tubulization and a new method to study nerve regeneration using end-to-side neurorrhaphy |
| Grantee: | Amilton Antunes Barreira |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |