There are many theories but little sound data available to explain cutaneous sensory mechanisms. The high frequency of traumatic peripheral nerve injuries and cutaneous reconstructive procedures offers the clinician a colorful spectrum of phenomena with altered sensibility; however, the processes underlying hyperpathic or paresthetic and false localization states still elude our understanding. This experimental work addresses the topic of cutaneous reinnervation subsequent to nerve injury at the trunk level or at the region of the skin receptors. For the first time, single afferent fiber recordings are utilized to study reinnervation in the glabrous skin of the primate following nerve crush and cut injury. Also for the first time processes of reinnervation of skin transplants are investigated by neurophysiological analysis. Finally, patterns of hairy skin reinnervation are addressed subsequent to nerve transection and repair.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.77095 |
| Date | January 1980 |
| Creators | Terzis, Julia K. |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Surgery) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 000111264, proquestno: AAINK52146, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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