Ultrasound-stimulated peripheral nerve regeneration within asymmetrically porous PLGA/Pluronic F127 nerve guide conduit

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 359-366

  Park, Sang Chul ^a   Oh, Se Heang ^a   Seo, Tae Beom ^b   Namgung, Uk ^b   Kim, Jin Man ^c   Lee, Jin Ho ^a  

^a Hannam University   (South Korea)

^b Daejeon University   (South Korea)

^c Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asymmetrically porous tube; Nerve guide conduit (NGC); Peripheral nerve regeneration; PLGA Pluronic F127; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; CELL MEMBRANES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHILICITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STABILITY; TUBES (COMPONENTS); ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMAL STUDIES; IMMERSION PRECIPITATION; LOW-INTENSITY PULSED ULTRASOUND; NERVE GUIDE CONDUITS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL TISSUE; NEUROTROPHIC FACTORS; NOVEL METHODS; PERIPHERAL NERVE REGENERATION; PLURONIC F-127; POLY(LACTIC-CO-GLYCOLIC ACID); POROUS TUBES; RAT MODEL; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVES; SELECTIVE PERMEABILITY; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; ULTRASOUND TREATMENTS;

ULTRASONICS;

NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; POLOXAMER; POLYGLACTIN; LACTIC ACID; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID-POLYGLYCOLIC ACID COPOLYMER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHILICITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; ULTRASOUND; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; POROSITY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; STANDARDS; TISSUE REGENERATION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ANIMALS; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; LACTIC ACID; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POLOXAMER; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POROSITY; RATS; SCHWANN CELLS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 77955366057     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.31659     Document Type: Article

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