Immunohistochemical characterization of axonal sprouting and reactive tissue changes after long-term implantation of a polyimide sieve electrode to the transected adult rat sciatic nerve

Biomaterials

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 2333-2343

  Klinge, Petra Margarete ^a   Vafa, Morad Ali ^a   Brinker, Thomas ^b   Brandis, Almuth ^a   Walter, Gerhard Franz ^a   Stieglitz, Thomas ^c   Samii, Madjid ^a,b   Wewetzer, Konstantin ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b NORDSTADT HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axonal sprouting; Biocompatibility; Polyimide; Sciatic nerve; Sieve electrode

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; DEGRADATION; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHETICS;

ARTIFICIAL MICROSTRUCTURES;

BIOMATERIALS;

POLYIMIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANTATION; MALE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; TISSUE REACTION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONS; POLYMERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034922549     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(00)00420-8     Document Type: Article

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