Rashid Al Abri1, Arif Ali Kolethekkat1, Michael O Kelleher2, Lynn M Myles3, Michael A Glasby3. 1. ENT Division, Surgery Department, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 38, Al Khod 123, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. 2. Department of Neurosurgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. 3. Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: to determine whether the administration of Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor (CNTF) at the site of repaired facial nerve enhances regeneration in the adult sheep model. METHODS: Ten adult sheep were divided into 2 groups: control and study group (CNTF group). In the CNTF group, the buccal branch of the facial nerve was transected and then repaired by epineural sutures. CNTF was injected over the left depressor labii maxillaris muscle in the vicinity of the transected and repaired nerve for 28 days under local anesthesia. In the CNTF group, the sheep were again anesthetized after nine months and the site of facial nerve repair was exposed. Detailed electrophysiological, tension experiments and morphometric studies were carried out and then analyzed statistically. RESULTS: The skin CV min, refractory period, Jitter and tension parameters were marginally raised in the CNTF group than the control but the difference was statistically insignificant between the two groups. Morphometric indices also did not show any significant changes in the CNTF group. CONCLUSION: CNTF has no profound effect on neuronal regeneration of adult sheep animal model. KEYWORDS: CNTF; Neurtrophic factors; Sheep; Facial nerve; Regeneration.
OBJECTIVE: to determine whether the administration of Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor (CNTF) at the site of repaired facial nerve enhances regeneration in the adult sheep model. METHODS: Ten adult sheep were divided into 2 groups: control and study group (CNTF group). In the CNTF group, the buccal branch of the facial nerve was transected and then repaired by epineural sutures. CNTF was injected over the left depressor labii maxillaris muscle in the vicinity of the transected and repaired nerve for 28 days under local anesthesia. In the CNTF group, the sheep were again anesthetized after nine months and the site of facial nerve repair was exposed. Detailed electrophysiological, tension experiments and morphometric studies were carried out and then analyzed statistically. RESULTS: The skin CV min, refractory period, Jitter and tension parameters were marginally raised in the CNTF group than the control but the difference was statistically insignificant between the two groups. Morphometric indices also did not show any significant changes in the CNTF group. CONCLUSION:CNTF has no profound effect on neuronal regeneration of adult sheep animal model. KEYWORDS: CNTF; Neurtrophic factors; Sheep; Facial nerve; Regeneration.
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