Silk nerve: Bioactive implant for peripheral nerve regeneration

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL 1, 2013, Pages 253-254

  Dinis, T ^a,b   Vidal, G ^a   Marin, F ^a   Kaplan, D ^b   Egles C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

biofunctionalisation; nerve guidance conduit; nerve regeneration; silk nanofibres

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SILK FIBROIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BOMBYX MORI; CELL VIABILITY; ELECTROSPINNING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILK NERVE;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOFIBERS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILK; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84882573602     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2013.815958     Document Type: Article

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