Abstract
Crush of sciatic nerve in rabbits supported by morphologic and electrophysiologic data was used to evaluate the effects of ACTH 4–10 on nerve fiber regeneration. Treated animals showed a statistically significant higher regeneration rate than did control rabbits. Fiber density and mean diameters of myelinated nerve fibers were measured in semithin nerve sections at 1 and 3 cm distal from the crushed point at three different time points. Nerve fiber density results were higher in ACTH 4–10 − than in vehicletreated rabbits. This difference showed an unequivocal trend and attained a statistically significant level in the sections 3 cm distal from the crush. ACTH 4–10 seemed therefore to have a beneficial effect on nerve fiber regeneration.
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