Repair of thoracic spinal cord injury by chitosan tube implantation in adult rats

Biomaterials

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1121-1132

  Li, Xiaoguang ^a,b   Yang, Zhaoyang ^a,b   Zhang, Aifeng ^c   Wang, Tailing ^d   Chen, Weichang ^d  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Axon regeneration; Chitosan; Collagen; Function recovery; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN; DOSIMETRY; PATIENT REHABILITATION; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

AXON REGENERATION; CHITOSAN TUBES; CONTROL GROUPS; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERIES; HIND LIMBS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE REGENERATIONS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORDS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS;

AMINES;

CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHITOSAN TUBE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMPLANTATION; LOCOMOTION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TUBE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CHITOSAN; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGENERATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WOUND HEALING;

RATTUS;

EID: 57749177918     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2008.10.063     Document Type: Article

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