Long nerve gaps limit the regenerative potential of bioartificial nerve conduits filled with Schwann cells

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-141

  Sinis, Nektarios ^a,f   Schaller, Hans Eberhard ^a   Becker, Stephan Thomas ^c   Schlosshauer, Burkhard ^a   Doser, Michael ^d   Roesner, Harald ^e   Oberhoffner, Sven ^d   Müller, Hans Werner ^b   Haerle, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d Deutsches Zentrum für Biomaterialien und Organersatz   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^f Berufsgenossenschaftlichen Unfallklinik Tubingen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross chest procedure; Nerve conduit; Nerve regeneration; Schwann cells

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE MASS; NERVE GAP; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE LESION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOARTIFICIAL ORGANS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOOT; FORELIMB; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ORGAN SIZE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; REACTION TIME; SCHWANN CELLS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 34548080366     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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