EFFECTS OF SELENIUM ON AXON AND MYELIN HEALING IN AN EXPERIMENTAL SCIATIC NERVE INJURY MODEL

KIZILAY, ZAHİR; ERKEN, HAYDAR; Aktas, Serdar; Ersoy, Nevin; ABAS, BURÇİN; TOPCU, ABDULLAH; YENİSEY, ÇİĞDEM; İSMAİLOĞLU, Özgür

EFFECTS OF SELENIUM ON AXON AND MYELIN HEALING IN AN EXPERIMENTAL SCIATIC NERVE INJURY MODEL

KIZILAY Z., ERKEN H. A. , Aktas S., Ersoy N., ABAS B. İ. , TOPCU A., ...More

JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL FACULTY OF MEDICINE-ISTANBUL TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI, vol.80, no.4, pp.138-145, 2017 (Journal Indexed in ESCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 80 Issue: 4
Publication Date: 2017
Title of Journal : JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL FACULTY OF MEDICINE-ISTANBUL TIP FAKULTESI DERGISI
Page Numbers: pp.138-145

Abstract

Objective: Although, the neuroprotective effects of selenium are known, its effect on peripheral nerve injury is not clear. The study was aimed to investigate whether selenium prevents axonal and myelin damage in experimental sciatic nerve injury.