NERVE REGENERATION - BASIC AND APPLIED ASPECTS

Increased knowledge is shedding new light on our understanding of cent ral and peripheral nerve anatomy and molecular biology and function. N ew tools and methods provide important methods for the study of the be havior of cells, axons, and receptors. This review discusses the curre nt state of that knowledge, with particular regard to the efficacy of the Seddon classification of nerve injury. The correlation of that new information to damage and repair of the peripheral sensory nerve, esp ecially the inferior alveolar and lingual nerves, serves to highlight the progress and problems that exist.