[Drug stimulation of the peripheral nerve regeneration]

A comparative study of the effects of xymedone, riboxin, and piracetam upon the regeneration of myelinated axons and the number of surviving sensory neurons in spinal ganglia L4-L5 was studied on the model of sciatic nerve transection in rats. The three drugs decrease the number of neurons entering the posttraumatic apoptosis. Riboxin and xymedone stimulate the regeneration of myelinated axons, the latter drug being more effective and producing a 21.3 and 14.7% increase in the number of regenerated myelinated axons and a 29.3 and 37.7% increase in the relative number of sensory neurons (the transected/contralateral side ratio) in spinal ganglia L4-L5 relative to control by the 60th and 90th day upon transection, respectively.