Collagen-GAG substrate enhances the quality of nerve regeneration through collagen tubes up to level of autograft

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 315-329

  Chamberlain, L J ^a   Yannas, I V ^a   Hsu, H P ^b,c   Strichartz, G ^c   Spector, M ^b,c  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autograft; Collagen; Electrophysiology; Histomorphometry; Kine tics; Peripheral nerve; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REMYELINIZATION; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0032435262     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1998.6955     Document Type: Article

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