Chapter 9 Artificial Scaffolds for Peripheral Nerve Reconstruction

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 87, Issue C, 2009, Pages 173-198

  Chiono, Valeria ^a   Tonda Turo, Chiara ^a   Ciardelli, Gianluca ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COPOLYMER; FIBRONECTIN; GELATIN; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; LAMININ; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; POLY(DEXTRO LEVO LACTIC CO EPSILON CAPROLACTONE); POLY(ESTER URETHANE); POLY(TRIMETHYLENECARBONATE CO EPSILON CAPROLACTONE); POLYESTER MACRODIOL; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE DERIVATIVE; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; SILK FIBROIN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOMATERIAL; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

ACCURACY; ARTIFICIAL NERVE GUIDANCE CHANNEL; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HUMAN; MATERIAL STATE; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVOUS TISSUE; PARTICLE SIZE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ANIMAL; CHEMOTAXIS; METHODOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROSURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMOTAXIS; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POLYMERS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 70349782575     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(09)87009-8     Document Type: Review

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