Peripheral nerve regeneration through microelectrode arrays based on silicon technology

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 151-160

  Navarro, Xavier ^a   Calvet, Santiago ^b   Butí, Miquel ^a   Gómez, Nuria ^a   Cabruja, Enric ^a   Garrido, Paco ^a   Villa, Rosa ^a   Valderrama, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Departament de Ciències Morfològiques   (Spain)

Author keywords

Nerve regeneration; Neural prosthesis; Peripheral nerve; Regenerating microelectrode; Tube repair

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029890914     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/rnn-1996-9303     Document Type: Article

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