Future perspectives in nerve repair and regeneration

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 165-192

  Tos, Pierluigi ^a   Ronchi, Giulia ^b   Geuna, Stefano ^b   Battiston, Bruno ^a  

^a CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain plasticity; Functional recovery; Muscle atrophy; Nerve regeneration; Regenerative medicine; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN;

ARTICLE; AXONOTMESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAPRAXIA; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTMESIS; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

BRAIN PLASTICITY; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE REGENERATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84884733360     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-420045-6.00008-0     Document Type: Chapter

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