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Electrical stimulation facilitates rat facial nerve recovery from a crush injury

Devyani Lal, Laura Hetzler, Nijee Sharma, Robert D. Wurster, Sam J. Marzo, Kathryn J. Jones, Eileen M. Foecking

Otolaryngology · 2008 · 101 citations · 14 references

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Electrical stimulation initiates and accelerates facial nerve recovery in the rat model as it significantly reduces recovery time for the semi-eyeblink reflex, a marker of early recovery. It also hastens recovery of other functions.

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G*Power 3: A flexible statistical power analysis program for the social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences

Franz Faul, Edgar Erdfelder, Albert-Georg Lang et al. · Behavior Research Methods · 2007 · 61K citations · Full text

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Brief Electrical Stimulation Promotes the Speed and Accuracy of Motor Axonal Regeneration

Abdulhakeem A. Al‐Majed, Catherine M. Neumann, Thomas M. Brushart et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2000 · 839 citations · Full text

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Electrical stimulation accelerates and increases expression of BDNF and trkB mRNA in regenerating rat femoral motoneurons

Abdulhakeem A. Al‐Majed, Thomas M. Brushart, Tessa Gordon · European Journal of Neuroscience · 2000 · 418 citations

Electrical stimulation accelerates and increases expression of BDNF and trkB mRNA in regenerating rat femoral motoneurons

Abdulhakeem A. Al‐Majed, Thomas M. Brushart, Tessa Gordon · European Journal of Neuroscience · 2000 · 308 citations

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Electrical Stimulation Accelerates and Enhances Expression of Regeneration-Associated Genes in Regenerating Rat Femoral Motoneurons

Abdulhakeem A. Al‐Majed, Siu Lin Tam, Tessa Gordon · Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology · 2004 · 289 citations · Full text

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