Stimulation and recording from regenerated peripheral nerves through polyimide sieve electrodes

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 91-101

  Navarro, Xavier ^a   Calvet, Santiago ^a   Rodríguez, Francisco J ^a   Stieglitz, Thomas ^b   Blau, Cornelia ^b   Butí, Miquel ^a   Valderrama, Elena ^a   Meyer, Jörg Uwe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nerve regeneration; Neural prosthesis; Peripheral nerve; Polyimide; Regenerating micro electrode; Tube repair

Indexed keywords

POLYIMIDE; RESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; IMPLANTATION; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINNERVATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POLYMERS; RATS;

EID: 0031949175     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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