Repair of peripheral nerve defects in rabbits using keratin hydrogel scaffolds

Tissue Engineering - Part A

Volumn 17, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1499-1505

  Hill, Paulina S ^a   Apel, Peter J ^a   Barnwell, Jonathan ^a   Smith, Tom ^a   Koman, L Andrew ^a   Atala, Anthony ^a   Van Dyke, Mark ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEFECTS; FILLERS; REPAIR; SCAFFOLDS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

AXON REGENERATION; BIOABSORBABLE; CONDUIT REPAIR; DATA SUPPORT; DEFECT MODEL; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY; HYDROGEL SCAFFOLDS; MOUSE MODELS; NERVE GUIDE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; TIME POINTS;

HYDROGELS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

COLLAGEN; KERATIN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE; NERVE REGENERATION; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; RABBIT; TISSUE REGENERATION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLLAGEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; KERATINS; MALE; MICE; MUSCLES; NERVE REGENERATION; ORGAN SIZE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RABBITS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79957622047     PISSN: 19373341     EISSN: 1937335X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2010.0184     Document Type: Article

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