Enlargement of the Nerve Fibers of Silenced Lumbosacral Motoneurons in Cats
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Animals
2.2. Sterile Surgery
2.3. Post-Surgical Care
2.4. Histology
2.4.1. Nerve Excision and Preparation
2.4.2. Nerve Fiber and Axon Measurements
2.5. Statistics
3. Results
3.1. Nerve Fiber Numbers and Dimensions
3.2. Axon Size and Myelin Thickness
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Gordon, T.; Eldridge, L.; Aurora, S. Enlargement of the Nerve Fibers of Silenced Lumbosacral Motoneurons in Cats. Biomedicines 2022, 10, 2622. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10102622
Gordon T, Eldridge L, Aurora S. Enlargement of the Nerve Fibers of Silenced Lumbosacral Motoneurons in Cats. Biomedicines. 2022; 10(10):2622. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10102622
Chicago/Turabian StyleGordon, Tessa, Lynn Eldridge, and Saljae Aurora. 2022. "Enlargement of the Nerve Fibers of Silenced Lumbosacral Motoneurons in Cats" Biomedicines 10, no. 10: 2622. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10102622