Presented is a protocol to produce different types of median nerve (MN) lesions and repair in the rat. Additionally, the protocol shows how to evaluate the functional recovery of the nerve using several noninvasive behavioral tests and physiological measurements.
Casal, D., Mota-Silva, E., Iria, I., Pais, D., Farinho, A., Alves, S., Pen, C., Mascarenhas-Lemos, L., Ferreira-Silva, J., Ferraz-Oliveira, M., Vassilenko, V., Videira, P. A., Goyri-O'Neill, J. Functional and Physiological Methods of Evaluating Median Nerve Regeneration in the Rat. J. Vis. Exp. (158), e59767, doi:10.3791/59767 (2020).