Permeable guidance channels containing microfilament scaffolds enhance axon growth and maturation

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 374-386

  Cai, Jie ^a   Peng, Xuejun ^b   Nelson, Kevin D ^c,d   Eberhart, Robert ^c,d   Smith, George M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cntact guidance; Nerve conduit; Neural tissue engineering; PLA

Indexed keywords

CELLS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PROTEINS; TISSUE;

CONTACT GUIDANCE; NERVE CONDUIT; NEURAL TISSUE ENGINEERING; PLA;

NEUROLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BIOMATERIAL; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; MYELIN PROTEIN; MYELIN PROTEIN ZERO; NERVE PROTEIN; POLYGLACTIN; PROTEIN S 100; RMDO95 PROTEIN; SILICONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; FEMALE; IMPLANT; MICROFILAMENT; MYELINATED NERVE; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CONDUIT; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER MATURATION; NERVE LESION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERMEABLE GUIDANCE CHANNEL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROFILAMENTS; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; POLYESTERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 26844520633     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.30432     Document Type: Article

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