Rat sciatic nerve regeneration through a micromachined silicon chip

Biomaterials

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-80

  Zhao, Qing ^a   Drott, Johan ^b   Laurell, Thomas ^b   Wallman, Lars ^b   Lindström, Kjell ^b   Bjursten, Lars M ^a   Lundborg, Göran ^a   Montelius, Lars ^b   Danielsen, Nils ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Nerve regeneration; Rat sciatic nerve; Sieve electrode; Silicon chip

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; ETCHING; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; NEUROLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PERFORATING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SILICONES;

MICROMACHINED SILICON CHIPS; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY FORCE; RAT SCIATIC NERVE REGENERATION;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

ADHESIVE AGENT; SILASTIC; SILICON; SILICONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MICROSCOPY; MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FORCE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0031032712     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(96)00112-3     Document Type: Article

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