Successful storage of peripheral nerves using University of Wisconsin solution with polyphenol

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-65

  Ikeguchi, Ryosuke ^a   Kakinoki, Ryosuke ^a   Matsumoto, Taiichi ^a   Yamakawa, Tomoyuki ^a   Nakayama, Ken ^a   Morimoto, Yoshihide ^a   Nakamura, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cold storage; Green tea polyphenol; Nerve bank; Nerve regeneration; Peripheral nerve; University of Wisconsin solution

Indexed keywords

POLYPHENOL; UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SOLUTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENOMICS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; ISOGRAFT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SCIATIC NERVE; STAINING; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TISSUE SECTION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; AXONS; DNA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHENOLS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCIATIC NERVE; SOLUTIONS; TEA; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 33751238521     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.06.025     Document Type: Article

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