reinnervation
Following an injury, nerve cells are repaired and reinnervate their targets.
The speed of the recovery depends on how quickly new axons reinnervate the damaged muscle fibres.
A low current is applied to help to re-innervate the pelvic floor and change the composition of its muscle fibres.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

The brain & nervous system
abducens nerve
abducent nerve
accessory nerve
alexithymia
allism
glossopharyngeal nerve
grey matter
hemispheric
hemispherical
hindbrain
neurofibrillary
neurogenic
neurogenically
neuroglia
neuroglial
reticular formation
rhinencephalon
rhombencephalon
right brain
right-brained