Research Article
Schwann Cells Overexpressing FGF-2 Alone or Combined with Manual Stimulation Do Not Promote Functional Recovery after Facial Nerve Injury
Table 1
Estimation of vibrissae function recovery. Vibrissae performance in unoperated rats (Group 1: Intact), in rats after transection of the right facial nerve followed by entubulation with collagen only (Group 2: Collagen), with collagen plus neonatal Schwann cells (Group 3: Collagen + naive SCs), or with collagen plus genetically modified SCs (Groups 4 and 5). In groups 6–9 entubulations were followed by manual mechanical stimulation (MS) of the vibrissal muscles.
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*Significant differences of group mean values (ANOVA and post-hoc Tukey’s test, ) from intact rats. |