Use of chitosan scaffolds for repairing rat sciatic nerve defects

Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 190-210

  Simões, Maria J ^a   Amado, Sandra ^b   Gärtner, Andrea ^a   Armada da Silva, Paulo A S ^b   Raimondo, Stefania ^c   Vieira, Marcia ^a   Luís, Ana L ^a   Shirosaki, Yuki ^e   Veloso, António P ^b   Santos, José D ^a   Varejão, Artur S P ^d   Geuna, Stefano ^c   Maurício, Ana C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^e OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Chitosan; Kinematics; Nerve regeneration; Rat; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CHITOSAN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHITOSAN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 78751491655     PISSN: 11226714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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