Implications of tensile loading for the tissue engineering of nerves

Tissue Engineering - Part B: Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 219-233

  Bueno, Franklin Rivera ^a   Shah, Sameer B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b 3236 Kim Engineering Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TENSILE LOADINGS;

ABS RESINS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL GROWTH; COMPUTER NETWORKS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; NEUROLOGY; STRAIN; SURGERY; TENSILE STRESS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

STRAIN RATE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; SPINAL CORD; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; AXONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RABBITS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 51449107176     PISSN: 19373368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2008.0020     Document Type: Review

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