Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8276453 | Journal of the Neurological Sciences | 2015 | 24 Pages |
Abstract
This study evaluated the effect of low-level laser therapy (LLLT; 15Â J/cm2) and a latex protein (F1) on a crush injury of the sciatic (ischiadicus) nerve. Seventy-two rats (male, 250Â g) were divided into 6 groups: CG, control; EG, exposed nerve; IG, injured nerve without treatment; LG, injured nerve with LLLT; HG, injured nerve with F1; and LHG, injured nerve with LLLT and F1. After 4 or 8Â weeks, the animals were euthanized and samples of the sciatic nerve were collected for morphometric and high-resolution scanning electron microscopy (HRSEM) analysis. After 4Â weeks, the morphometry revealed improvements in the treated animals, and the HG appeared to be the most similar to the CG; after 8Â weeks, the injured groups showed improvements compared to the previous period, and the results of the treatment groups were more similar to one another. At HRSEM after 4Â weeks, the treated groups were similar and showed improvement compared to the IG; after 8Â weeks, the LHG and HG had the best results. In conclusion, the treatments resulted in improvement after the nerve injury, and this recovery was time-dependent. In addition, the use of the F1 resulted in the best morphometric and ultrastructural findings.
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Authors
Fernando J. Dias, João Paulo M. Issa, Joaquim Coutinho-Netto, Valéria P.S. Fazan, Luiz Gustavo Sousa, Mamie M. Iyomasa, Paula C. Papa, Ii-sei Watanabe,