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'''Reinnervation''' is the restoration, either spontaneously or by surgical grafting, of nerve supply to a part of the body from which it has been lost.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Williams Dictionary of Biomaterials|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Hv45B7P5N3gC&pg=PA273|year=1999|publisher=Liverpool University Press|isbn=978-0-85323-734-1|pages=273}}</ref><ref name="FreshwaterMasiln-Prothero2013">{{cite book|author1=Dawn Freshwater|author2=Sian Masiln-Prothero|title=Blackwell's Nursing Dictionary|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=hdCCO3a35Y8C&pg=PA514|date=22 May 2013|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-118-69090-1|pages=514}}</ref><ref name="Morris1992">{{cite book|author=Christopher G. Morris|title=Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=nauWlPTBcjIC&pg=PA1827|year=1992|publisher=Gulf Professional Publishing|isbn=978-0-12-200400-1|pages=1827}}</ref> |
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In living tissues, '''reinnervation''' describes the process by which post-synaptic [[neurons]] form new [[synapses]] or increase existing synaptic efficacy in order to compensate for a lack of pre-synaptic input from dead or otherwise dysfunctional pre-synaptic neurons. |
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* [[Neuroregeneration]] |
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* [http://www.articleworld.org/index.php/Reinnervation Reinnervation process and deRe] |
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* [[Targeted reinnervation]] |
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Revision as of 02:22, 15 December 2013
Reinnervation is the restoration, either spontaneously or by surgical grafting, of nerve supply to a part of the body from which it has been lost.[1][2][3]
References
- ^ The Williams Dictionary of Biomaterials. Liverpool University Press. 1999. p. 273. ISBN 978-0-85323-734-1.
- ^ Dawn Freshwater; Sian Masiln-Prothero (22 May 2013). Blackwell's Nursing Dictionary. John Wiley & Sons. p. 514. ISBN 978-1-118-69090-1.
- ^ Christopher G. Morris (1992). Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology. Gulf Professional Publishing. p. 1827. ISBN 978-0-12-200400-1.
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