Experimental regeneration in peripheral nerves and the spinal cord in laboratory animals exposed to a pulsed electromagnetic field
0303 health sciences
03 medical and health sciences
Electromagnetic Fields
Spinal Cord
Neural Conduction
Animals
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
Peripheral Nerves
Electromagnetic Phenomena
Spinal Cord Injuries
Nerve Regeneration
Rats
DOI:
10.1038/sc.1976.2
Publication Date:
2011-04-07T23:04:16Z
AUTHORS (2)
ABSTRACT
Peripheral nerve section and suture was performed in 132 rats. Postoperatively half the animals were exposed to a pulsed electromagnetic field each day and half were kept as controls. Nerve conduction studies, histology and nerve fibre counts all indicated an increased rate of regeneration in the treated animals. A similar controlled study of spinal cord regeneration following hemicordotomy in cats has been started, and preliminary results indicate that when the animals are sacrificed three months after the hemicordotomy, the pulsed electromagnetic therapy has induced nerve fibre regeneration across the region of the scar.
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