Chapter 28 Future Perspective in Peripheral Nerve Reconstruction

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 87, Issue C, 2009, Pages 507-530

  Dahlin, Lars ^a   Johansson, Fredrik ^b   Lindwall, Charlotta ^c   Kanje, Martin ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; HUMAN; NANOANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEURITE; NEUROSURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURITES; NEURONS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 70349787495     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(09)87028-1     Document Type: Review

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