reinnervate
verb[T]
medicalspecialized(alsore-innervate)uk/ˌriː.ɪˈnɜː.veɪt/us/ˌriːˈɪn.ɝː.veɪt/tosupplynervesagain to adamagedorganorpartof thebody:
Nerves can sometimessproutand re-innervate themuscles.
The researchersfoundthatcutfibrescould reinnervate theskin.
- Following aninjury,nervecellsarerepairedand reinnervatetheirtargets.
- Thespeedof therecoverydependson howquicklynew axons reinnervate thedamagedmusclefibres.
- Alowcurrentisappliedtohelpto re-innervate thepelvicfloorandchangethecompositionofitsmusclefibres.
The brain & nervous system
- allism
- allistic
- amygdala
- anterograde
- arachnoid
- brainwave
- cerebellum
- cerebral hemisphere
- cerebrum
- hemispherical
- hippocampus
- hypothalamus
- innervate
- innervation
- interhemispheric
- neurovascular
- non-neural
- on the spectrumidiom
- parasympathetic
- peripheral nervous system