Comparison of polymer scaffolds in rat spinal cord: A step toward quantitative assessment of combinatorial approaches to spinal cord repair

Biomaterials

Volumn 32, Issue 32, 2011, Pages 8077-8086

  Chen, Bingkun K ^a   Knight, Andrew M ^a   Madigan, Nicolas N ^a   Gross, LouAnn ^a   Dadsetan, Mahrokh ^b   Nesbitt, Jarred J ^a   Rooney, Gemma E ^a   Currier, Bradford L ^b   Yaszemski, Michael J ^b   Spinner, Robert J ^b   Windebank, Anthony J ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon regeneration; OPF; PCLF; PLGA; Schwann cell; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

AXON REGENERATION; OPF; PCLF; PLGA; SCHWANN CELLS; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIOMECHANICS; DOSIMETRY; GLYCOLS; HYDROGELS; NEURONS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RATS; STIFFNESS; TISSUE;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

OLIGOPOLYETHYLENE GLYCOL FUMARATE; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYCAPROLACTONE FUMARATE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYMER; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIA; HYDROGEL; MALE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; CYSTS; FEMALE; MATERIALS TESTING; NEUROGLIA; POLYMERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

RATTUS;

EID: 80052376936     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.07.029     Document Type: Article

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