Behavioral and histologic experimental model of facial nerve regeneration in rats.

نویسندگان

  • Andrei Borin
  • Ronaldo Nunes Toledo
  • Simone Damasceno de Faria
  • José Ricardo Gurgel Testa
  • Oswaldo Laércio Mendonça Cruz
چکیده

UNLABELLED To setup an experimental model is the first step to study neural regeneration. AIM Setting up an experimental model on facial nerve regeneration. MATERIAL AND METHODS Wistar rats with complete sectioning and suturing of the extratemporal facial nerve trunk; with a behavioral and histological analysis for 9 weeks. STUDY DESIGN Experimental prospective study. RESULTS Progressive clinical and histological recovery of the animals. CONCLUSION Our method is acceptable to study facial nerve regeneration in rats.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology

دوره 72 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006