Axonal regeneration into Schwann cell grafts within resorbable poly(α-hydroxyacid) guidance channels in the adult rat spinal cord

Biomaterials

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1125-1136

  Oudega, Martin ^a,b   Gautier, Sandrine E ^c,d   Chapon, Pascal ^c   Fragoso, Miryam ^c   Bates, Margaret L ^a   Parel, Jean Marie ^c   Bartlett Bunge, Mary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biodegradable; CNS regeneration; Implantation; Injury; Polymer

Indexed keywords

POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYLACTIDE; POLYMER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYELINATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FEMALE; LACTIC ACID; MATERIALS TESTING; MYELIN SHEATH; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NERVE REGENERATION; POLYMERS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SCHWANN CELLS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035105711     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(00)00346-X     Document Type: Article

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