[Morphofunctional restoration of a nerve trunk by filling the defect with a blood vessel]

Dynamics of morphologic and functional restoration of the nerve trunk and separate receptive skin formations have been investigated in white rats after a sutureless connection of the cut nerve by means of the implanted artery. For testing the reparative processes neurohistological and electrophysiological techniques have been used. In spite of a relatively early restoration of the integrity of the injured nerve and reaching the nervous fibers up to the skin, functional organization of the dermal sensory apparatus is observed only in a year after the operation.