Peripheral nerve repair in rats using composite hydrogel-filled aligned nanofiber conduits with incorporated nerve growth factor

Tissue Engineering - Part A

Volumn 19, Issue 19-20, 2013, Pages 2138-2146

  Jin, Jenny ^a,b   Limburg, Sonja ^a,b   Joshi, Sunil K ^a,b   Landman, Rebeccah ^a,b   Park, Michelle ^a,b   Zhang, Qia ^a,b   Kim, Hubert T ^a,b   Kuo, Alfred C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; FILLERS; NANOFIBERS; RECOVERY; REPAIR; SCAFFOLDS;

ALIGNED NANOFIBERS; DORSAL ROOT GANGLIA; HYALURONAN HYDROGELS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURITE EXTENSION; PERIPHERAL NERVE REPAIR; SENSORY FUNCTIONS; THERMAL STIMULATION;

HYDROGELS;

CAPROLACTONE LACTIDE COPOLYMER; COLLAGEN GEL; HYALURONIC ACID; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; NANOFIBER; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYLACTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HYDROGEL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE GRAFT; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT MODEL; SCIATIC NERVE INJURY; SPINAL GANGLION; THERMAL STIMULATION;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; HYDROGEL; MICE; NANOFIBERS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURITES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS;

EID: 84883675462     PISSN: 19373341     EISSN: 1937335X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2012.0575     Document Type: Article

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