TY - BOOK AU - Angelov,Doychin N. AU - Neiss,Wolfram F. AU - Guntinas-Lichius,Orlando AU - Streppel,Michael AU - Wewetzer,Konstantin ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Axonal Branching and Recovery of Coordinated Muscle Activity after Transection of the Facial Nerve in Adult Rats T2 - Advances in Anatomy Embryology and Cell Biology, SN - 9783540299318 AV - RC321-580 U1 - 612.8 23 PY - 2005/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg KW - Medicine KW - Neurosciences KW - Biomedicine KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Outline of the General Neurobiological Problem -- The Perikarya Which Support Axonal Regrowth are Hyperexcitable -- Axonal Regrowth is Compromised by Ephaptic Cross-Talk Between the Branches -- Biological Significance of Axonal Branching -- Role of Cytoskeleton Reorganization During Axonal Branching -- The Individual Guidance Cues Promoting Reinnervation of Original Targets are Still Unknown -- Conclusion -- Outline of the Clinical Problem -- Questions Still Open -- Methodological Approach -- Materials and Methods -- First Set of Experiments: Attempts to Reduce Collateral Axonal Branching by Alterations of the Trigeminal Input to the Facial Perikarya -- Second Set of Experiments: Attempts to Reduce Collateral Axonal Branching at the Lesion Site -- Results -- First Set of Experiments: Influence of the Altered Afferent Input to Axotomized Facial Perikarya on the Quality of Reinnervation -- Second set of Experiments: Attempts to Reduce Collateral Axonal Branching at the Lesion Site -- Discussion -- The Combined Approach to Evaluate the Quality of Peripheral Nerve Regeneration -- Sensory-Motor Integrity as A Factor for Motor Regeneration -- Collateral Branching Versus Terminal Sprouting of Axons -- Prospects for the Future -- References -- Subject index N2 - (folgt) UR - http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29931-9 ER -