Peripheral nerve regeneration within an asymmetrically porous PLGA/Pluronic F127 nerve guide conduit

Biomaterials

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1601-1609

  Oh, Se Heang ^a   Kim, Jun Ho ^a   Song, Kyu Sang ^b   Jeon, Byeong Hwa ^b   Yoon, Jin Hwan ^a   Seo, Tae Beom ^a,c   Namgung, Uk ^c   Lee, Il Woo ^d   Lee, Jin Ho ^a  

^a Hannam University   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Daejeon University   (South Korea)

^d The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asymmetrically porous tube; Hydrophilicity; Nerve guide conduit (NGC); Peripheral nerve regeneration; Selective permeability

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYDROPHILICITY; NUTRIENTS; RATS; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ASYMMETRICALLY POROUS TUBES; NERVE GUIDE CONDUIT (NGC); PERIPHERAL NERVE REGENERATION;

LACTIC ACID;

NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; POLYGLACTIN; SILICONE; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMERSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAINING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; LACTIC ACID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POLOXAMER; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; POROSITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 39049115589     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2007.11.036     Document Type: Article

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