Regeneration of guinea pig facial nerve: the effect of hypergravity. |
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Authors: | E Rosenzweig E Horodiceanu J S Ishay |
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Institution: | Department of the E.N.T., Shiba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel. |
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Abstract: | Exposure to moderate hypergravity improves the regenerative capacity of sectioned guinea-pig facial nerve. The improvement in regeneration is tri-directional as follows: a) an average 1.7 fold increase in rate of regeneration in guinea pigs subjected to hypergravity; b) a 25% enhancement of facial muscle activity following the exposure to hypergravity; and c) improvement in the quality of regeneration from an esthetic standpoint. A good correlation was recorded between the histological structure of the severed nerve at the end of the regeneration and the clinical results. |
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