Control of orientation of rat Schwann cells using an 8-T static magnetic field

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 351, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 130-132

  Eguchi, Yawara ^a   Ogiue Ikeda, Mari ^a   Ueno, Shoogo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetic orientation; Magnetically aligned collagen; Nerve regeneration; Schwann cell; Static magnetic field; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0142196083     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00719-5     Document Type: Article

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