A simple technique for augmentation of axonal ingrowth into chondroitinase-treated acellular nerve grafts using nerve growth factor

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 518-524

  Ovalle, Fernando ^a   Patel, Ashit ^b   Pollins, Alonda ^a   De La Torre, Jorge ^c   Vasconez, Luis ^c   Hunt III, Thomas R ^d   Bucy, R Pat ^e   Shack, R Bruce ^a   Thayer, Wesley P ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Kentucky   (United States)

^d Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

acellular nerve grafts; chondroitinase; nerve growth factor; peripheral nerve regeneration

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84860713806     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3182380974     Document Type: Conference Paper

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