Reconstruction of rat peripheral nerve gap without sutures using freeze- dried alginate gel

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 528-533

  Suzuki, Kyoko ^a   Suzuki, Yoshihisa ^a   Tanihara, Masao ^b   Ohnishi, Katsunori ^a   Hashimoto, Tadashi ^a   Endo, Katsuaki ^a   Nishimura, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alginate; Artificial nerve; Gluing technique; Nerve regeneration

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GELS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDES;

ALGINATE GEL;

BIOMATERIALS;

ALGINIC ACID; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FREEZE DRYING; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; RAT; REINNERVATION; SCIATIC NERVE; SUTURE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGINATES; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FREEZE DRYING; GELS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; PAIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0034653219     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(20000315)49:4<528::AID-JBM11>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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