Fibrin gels containing GDNF microspheres increase axonal regeneration after delayed peripheral nerve repair

Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-37

  Wood, Matthew D ^a,b   Gordon, Tessa ^a,b   Kim, Howard ^c   Szynkaruk, Mark ^a,b   Phua, Peter ^a,b   Lafontaine, Christine ^a,b   Kemp, Stephen W P ^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; fibrinogen; glial cell line derived neurotrophic factor; nerve injury; regenerative medicine

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MICROSPHERE; MYELIN; POLYGLACTIN; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOLUIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTONEURON; MYELINATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SILASTIC TUBE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; FEMALE; FIBRIN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GELS; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HUMANS; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; MICROSPHERES; NERVE REGENERATION; PERONEAL NERVE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STAINING AND LABELING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84871578704     PISSN: 17460751     EISSN: 1746076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/rme.12.105     Document Type: Article

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