Schwann cell-seeded scaffold with longitudinally oriented micro-channels for reconstruction of sciatic nerve in rats

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1767-1780

  Zhang, Yong Guang ^a,b   Sheng, Qing Song ^b   Qi, Feng Yu ^a   Hu, Xue Yu ^a   Zhao, Wei ^c   Wang, Yu Qing ^a   Lan, Li Feng ^a   Huang, Jing Hui ^a   Luo, Zhuo Jing ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUZHOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXONAL REGENERATION; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY; LONGITUDINAL ARRANGEMENT; MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SCIATIC NERVES; WALKING TRACKS;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURONS; RATS;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE TISSUE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL POLARITY; CELLS, CULTURED; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; POROSITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84879796907     PISSN: 09574530     EISSN: 15734838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10856-013-4917-2     Document Type: Article

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