Novel technique for peripheral nerve reconstruction in the absence of an artificial conduit

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-140

  Komiyama, Takatsugu ^a   Nakao, Yasushi ^b   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^b   Vacanti, Charles A ^a   Vacanti, Martin P ^a   Ignotz, Ronald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial conduit; Pluronic F127; Polyglycolic acid; Schwann cell; Tissue engineering; Tissue engineered nerve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELL COUNT; EMBRYO; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDOLES; KIDNEY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; RATS; S100 PROTEINS; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE; SILICONES; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSFECTION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 1542285375     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2003.11.020     Document Type: Article

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