A swim test for functional assessment of rodent peripheral nerve regeneration

Stefan Targosinski; Anna Henzi; Anne K Engmann; Elisabeth J Rushing; André A Barth; Holger J Klein; Bong-Sung Kim; Pietro Giovanoli; Martin E Schwab; Jan A Plock; Riccardo Schweizer

doi:10.1016/j.jneumeth.2022.109663

A swim test for functional assessment of rodent peripheral nerve regeneration

J Neurosci Methods. 2022 Sep 1:379:109663. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2022.109663. Epub 2022 Jul 6.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.
² Institute of Neuropathology, UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.
³ Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland; Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁴ Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland; Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland.
⁵ Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁶ Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address: riccardo.schweizer@gmail.com.

PMID: 35809863
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2022.109663

No abstract available

Keywords: Behavioral analysis; Functional assessment; Peripheral nerve regeneration; Rat model; Sciatic nerve injury; Static sciatic index; Swim test.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Nerve Regeneration / physiology
Peripheral Nerve Injuries*
Recovery of Function / physiology
Rodentia*
Sciatic Nerve