Robust CNS regeneration after complete spinal cord transection using aligned poly-l-lactic acid microfibers

Biomaterials

Volumn 32, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 6068-6079

  Hurtado, Andres ^a,b   Cregg, Jared M ^a,c   Wang, Han B ^c   Wendell, Dane F ^a   Oudega, Martin ^d   Gilbert, Ryan J ^c   McDonald, John W ^a,b  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aligned microfibers; Axon guidance; Axonal regeneration; Electrospinning; Polylactic acid; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

AXON GUIDANCE; AXONAL REGENERATION; MICROFIBERS; POLY LACTIC ACID; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

BIOMATERIALS; BODY FLUIDS; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; LACTIC ACID; NEURONS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; TISSUE;

DOSIMETRY;

POLYLACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROFIBER; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; RED NUCLEUS; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; TISSUE REGENERATION; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTIC ACID; NEURITES; POLYMERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

RATTUS;

EID: 79959907534     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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