Functional regeneration of a severed peripheral nerve with a 7-mm gap in rats through the use of an implantable electrical stimulator and a conduit electrode with collagen coating

Neuromodulation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 299-305

  Lee, Tae Hyung ^a   Pan, Hui ^a   Kim, In Sook ^a   Kim, Jin Kyu ^a   Cho, Tae Hyung ^a   Oh, Ji Hye ^a   Yoon, Young Bong ^a   Lee, Jong Ho ^a   Hwang, Soon Jung ^a   Kim, Sung June ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Collagen coating; Electrical stimulation; Implantable device; Nerve regeneration; Rat sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN GEL; ELASTOMER; PERIPHERAL MYELIN PROTEIN 22; POLYIMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANTABLE ELECTRICAL STIMULATOR; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVE STUMP; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 78650214772     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: 15251403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1403.2010.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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