A guidance channel seeded with autologous Schwann cells for repair of cauda equina injury in a primate model

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 379-388

  Calancie, Blair ^a   Madsen III, Parley W ^b   Wood, Patrick ^c   Marcillo, Alexander E ^c   Levi, Allan D ^c   Bunge, Richard P ^c  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b Kaweah Neurological Surgery Associates   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal; Cauda equina; Guidance channels; Primates; Regeneration; Reinnervation, muscle; Schwann cells; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LAMINECTOMY; MACACA; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE ROOT; NONHUMAN; SCHWANN CELL; SURAL NERVE; SURVIVAL TIME; SUTURE;

EID: 70349563334     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2009.11754411     Document Type: Article

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