2013
Sural nerve defects after nerve biopsy or nerve transfer as a sensory regeneration model for peripheral nerve conduit implantation
Radtke C, Kocsis J, Reimers K, Allmeling C, Vogt P. Sural nerve defects after nerve biopsy or nerve transfer as a sensory regeneration model for peripheral nerve conduit implantation. Medical Hypotheses 2013, 81: 500-502. PMID: 23867139, DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2013.06.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConduit implantationNerve repairNerve biopsyNerve injurySural nerveAxonal regenerationNerve defectsAcute peripheral nerve injuryHuman nerve injurySural nerve graftRecovery of sensationPeripheral nerve injuryVon Frey filamentsExtent of injuryNerve graft harvestingCold allodyniaMajor morbidityNerve transferNerve stumpNerve graftsNeuroma formationNerve lengthDigital nerveGraft harvestingAutograft treatment
1998
Mechanisms of enhancement of neurite regeneration in vitro following a conditioning sciatic nerve lesion
Lankford K, Waxman S, Kocsis J. Mechanisms of enhancement of neurite regeneration in vitro following a conditioning sciatic nerve lesion. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 1998, 391: 11-29. PMID: 9527536, PMCID: PMC2605358, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19980202)391:1<11::aid-cne2>3.0.co;2-u.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDorsal root gangliaConditioning lesionNerve injuryNerve regenerationAffected dorsal root ganglionControl dorsal root gangliaDenervated peripheral nervePrior nerve injurySciatic nerve lesionCultured DRG neuronsSciatic nerve transectionPeripheral target tissuesPeripheral nerve stumpRapid nerve regenerationAbility of neuronsSecond axotomyNerve lesionsDRG neuronsNerve transectionNerve stumpRoot gangliaControl neuronsPeripheral nervesNerve tractsAdult rats
1996
GABAA-receptor-mediated conductance and action potential waveform in cutaneous and muscle afferent neurons of the adult rat: differential expression and response to nerve injury
Oyelese A, Kocsis J. GABAA-receptor-mediated conductance and action potential waveform in cutaneous and muscle afferent neurons of the adult rat: differential expression and response to nerve injury. Journal Of Neurophysiology 1996, 76: 2383-2392. PMID: 8899611, PMCID: PMC2605353, DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.4.2383.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGABAA receptor-mediated conductanceMuscle afferent neuronsCutaneous afferent neuronsAction potential waveformAfferent neuronsDorsal root gangliaCrush injuryAction potentialsL5 dorsal root gangliaWhole-cell patch-clamp recordingsCell patch-clamp recordingsInjury-induced plasticitySciatic nerve ligationPotential waveformDistal nerve stumpPatch-clamp recordingsGamma-aminobutyric acidPeak GABANerve ligationMuscle afferentsNerve injuryDRG neuronsInjured neuronsNerve stumpRoot ganglia