Poly(L-lactide) microfilaments enhance peripheral nerve regeneration across extended nerve lesions

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 227-238

  Ngo, Teri T B ^a   Waggoner, Paula J ^b   Romero, Andres A ^b   Nelson, Kevin D ^b   Eberhart, Robert C ^b   Smith, George M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioresorbable polymers; Entubulation; Nerve guidance channels; PLLA

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; NEUROTROPHIN; POLYLACTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RELEASE; FEMALE; MICROFILAMENT; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE LESION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DENERVATION; FEMALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROFILAMENTS; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POLYESTERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0344127558     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10570     Document Type: Article

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