Nerve regeneration through nerve autografts after local administration of brain-derived neurotrophic factor with osmotic pumps

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1268-1274

  Hontanilla, Bernardo ^a   Aubá, Cristina ^a   Gorría, Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autografts; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Nerve regeneration; Osmotic pumps

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PUMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 37649005649     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000306106.70421.ed     Document Type: Article

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