GDNF released from microspheres enhances nerve regeneration after delayed repair

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 122-124

  Wood, Matthew D ^a,b   Kim, Howard ^c   Bilbily, Alex ^b   Kemp, Stephen W P ^a,b   Lafontaine, Christine ^a,b   Gordon, Tessa ^a,b   Shoichet, Molly S ^c   Borschel, Gregory H ^a,b,c,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic axotomy; Chronic denervation; Common fibular nerve; Drug delivery; Fibrin; Nerve injury

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MICROSPHERE; POLYGLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; THERAPY DELAY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; AXOTOMY; DENERVATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MICROSPHERES; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84862322318     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23295     Document Type: Article

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