Connective tissue response to tubular implants for peripheral nerve regeneration: The role of myofibroblasts

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 417, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 415-430

  Chamberlain, Lila J ^a   Yannas, Ioannis V ^a   Hsu, Hu Ping ^b,c   Spector, Myron ^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

Collagen; Collagen GAG matrix; Connective tissue; Contraction; Myofibroblasts; Neuroma; Peripheral nerve; Regeneration; Silicone

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; SILICON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOFIBROBLAST; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NERVE REGENERATION; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0034696005     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(20000221)417:4<415::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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