The Spatial Pattern Analysis of the Regenerating Axons of Peroneal Nerves in the Rat
Changes in the spatial patterns of transverse sections of regenerating nerves observed in the electron micrographs seemed to be dependent upon the stage of nerve regeneration. The aim of this study was to classify the spatial distribution of axons into regular, random and clustered patterns by spatial pattern analysis and to describe the stages of regeneration in terms of these spatial patterns. Based on analysis of experimental data from free grafts of common peroneal nerves of rats, it is suggested that the spatial pattern of regenerating nerve fibers changes from the clustered to random to regular as they approach a normal condition.
