Effects of percutaneous electrical stimulation on peripheral nerve regeneration using silicone rubber chambers

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 541-549

  Chen, Yueh Sheng ^a   Hu, Cheng Li ^a   Hsieh, Ching Liang ^a   Lin, Jaung Geng ^a   Tsai, Chin Chuan ^a   Chen, Ter Hsin ^a   Yao, Chun Hsu ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNGTAI INST HLTH SCI TECHNOL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Axon density; Blood vessel; Electrical stimulation; Nerve regeneration; Silicone rubber

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; HISTOLOGY; RUBBER;

NERVE REGENERATION;

SILICON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HISTOLOGY; IMPLANTATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; SCIATIC NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0035892386     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4636(20011215)57:4<541::AID-JBM1200>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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