Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is a 36 amino acid peptide, widely distributed within central nervous system neurons. More recently, it has been shown that NPY is involved in Alzheimer's disease (AD), a disorder ...

One-time surgical application of genetically engineered autologous keratinocyte sheets provides significant closure and pain ...

Watanabe M, Sawai H, Fukuda Y . Number, distribution, and morphology of retinal ganglion cells with axons regenerated into peripheral nerve graft in adult cats. J Neurosci 1993; 13:2105–17.

Africa loses up to $120 billion each year to corruption, a crisis that continues to undermine the continent’s economic independence and development ambitions. According to the African Union Advisory ...

Nerve Repair and Grafting in the Upper Extremity S. Houston Payne, Jr., MD J South Orthop Assoc. 2001;10 (2) 0 ...

PURPOSE: To compare sciatic nerve regeneration between non-diabetic (control) and streptozotocin-induced diabetic Wistar rats. METHODS:Four subgroups were evaluated. CN: Non-diabetic rats submitted to ...

The contralateral facial nerve used as a transfacial graft requires a period of 9 to 12 months for the axons to migrate through the graft, causing the facial muscles to be paralyzed during this time ...

Stretching or even a rupture of the graft is also possible. In these cases, a new graft may be used to perform a second reconstruction. Potential complications may also arise from the graft harvesting ...