Wolfram F. Neiss

TL;DR: The studies show that vaccination significantly improved motor activity and suggest that Cop-1 vaccination boosts the local immune response needed to combat destructive self-compounds associated with motor neuron death.

TL;DR: It was found that motor end‐plates with morphological signs of multiple innervation were much more frequent in reinnervated muscles of rats that did not recover after injury than in animals with good functional performance, raising hopes that clinically feasible and effective therapies could be soon designed and tested.

TL;DR: This first report on improved quality of reinnervation by antibody‐therapy implies that, in rats, the post‐transectional collateral axonal branching can be reduced without obvious harmful effects on neuronal survival and axonal elongation.

TL;DR: Facial-facial anastomosis, i.e., suture of transected facial nerve, was performed in adult Wistar rats and nimodipine reduced the polyneuronal innervation of the target muscles.

TL;DR: Considering the higher CMAP amplitude and lower number of neurons with multiple projections, PLC nerve conduits seem superior to SIL tubes and a suitable alternative to autografts for the repair of long gaps.