Are peri-operative peripheral nerve lesions preventable?

Peri-operative peripheral nerve injury

✍ M. N. Ogbue; P. Jefferson; D. R. Ball 📂 Article 📅 2001 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 584 KB

Spinal cord interneuron degenerative atr

Spinal cord interneuron degenerative atrophy caused by peripheral nerve lesions is prevented by serotonin depletion

✍ A. M. di Giulio; B. Tenconi; A. Mannavola; P. Mantegazza; A. Schiavinato; Dr. A. 📂 Article 📅 1987 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 552 KB

Peripheral nerve section causes a degenerative atrophy of substance P sensory input and of met-enkephalin interneurons in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord. Radioimmunoassay of both peptides indicates that the decrease in peptide levels ranges from 30 to SO%, that it occurs several days after lesio