Abstract
Low-intensity ultrasound (LIU) can stimulate injured nerve regeneration but the mechanism is still unclear. We investigated the stimulating effect and its mechanism of continuous-wave LIU on neurotometic injury of sciatic nerve. The right sciatic nerves of 64 adult Wistar rats were first crushed and then exposed (32 rats) or sham-exposed (32 rats) to LIU at the crush site. The LIU had a spatial averaged and temporal averaged intensity of 0.25 W/cm(2) operated at 1.0 MHz for 1 min every other day. At various stages (the second, fourth, sixth and eighth weeks) after LIU exposure, the sciatic nerve function index (SFI), the sensory nerve conduction velocity (SNCV), the expression of nerve growth factor (NGF) and sample histology were studied. It was found that the density of nerve fibers with myelin sheath, SFI, SNCV and NGF expression of the treatment group were higher than that of control group (p < 0.05). It has been determined that LIU treatment can accelerate the regeneration and functional recovery of neurotometic injured sciatic nerve at earlier stages after injury, the upgraded expression of NGF induced by LIU may be the primary mechanism of the acceleration effects.
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