Dictionary of Biological Psychology
A technique used in clinical practice and experimentally to restore peripheral nerve function.
If a nerve is cut it is possible to induce regrowth by placing the cut ends close together. (Indeed, this occurs naturally: a cut at one’s finger tip can leave a small patch of tissue without nerve innervation, but regrowth promptly occurs spontaneously.) When the cut ends of a nerve cannot be brought together, sections of nerve can be taken from elsewhere and used to join the cut ends, by providing a channel through which regeneration can occur.
See also: transplantation
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