A new type of biocompatible bridging structure supports axon regrowth after implantation into the lesioned rat optic tract

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 759-772

  Plant, G W ^a   Harvey, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biopolymers; Extracellular matrix; Regeneration; Retinal ganglion cells; Schwann cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BIOPOLYMER; NEUROTROPHIN; POLYCARBONATE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANT; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SCHWANN CELL;

ANIMALIA; ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0034485506     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096368970000900603     Document Type: Article

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