Neural stem cell- and schwann cell-loaded biodegradable polymer scaffolds support axonal regeneration in the transected spinal cord

Tissue Engineering - Part A

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1797-1805

  Olson, Heather E ^a   Rooney, Gemma E ^a   Gross, Louann ^a   Nesbitt, Jarred J ^a   Galvin, Katherine E ^a   Knight, Andrew ^a   Chen, Bingkun ^a   Yaszemski, Michael J ^a   Windebank, Anthony J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; CELL MEMBRANES; DOSIMETRY; NEURONS; RATS;

AXONAL REGENERATION; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER SCAFFOLDS; BIODEGRADABLE SCAFFOLD; CONTROL GROUPS; CRITICAL FACTORS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEINS; IMMUNOSTAINING; MULTI-CHANNEL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROSPHERES; OLIGODENDROCYTE; OLIGODENDROCYTES; POLY LACTIC-CO-GLYCOLIC ACID; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCAFFOLD CHANNELS; SCHWANN CELLS; SERIAL SECTIONING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORDS;

SCAFFOLDS;

BETA TUBULIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NESTIN; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; PROTEIN S 100; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROFILAMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 67650682083     PISSN: 19373341     EISSN: 1937335X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2008.0364     Document Type: Article

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