Chitosan tubes of varying degrees of acetylation for bridging peripheral nerve defects

Biomaterials

Volumn 34, Issue 38, 2013, Pages 9886-9904

  Haastert Talini, Kirsten ^a,b   Geuna, Stefano ^c   Dahlin, Lars B ^d   Meyer, Cora ^a,b   Stenberg, Lena ^d   Freier, Thomas ^e   Heimann, Claudia ^e   Barwig, Christina ^e   Pinto, Luis F V ^f   Raimondo, Stefania ^c   Gambarotta, Giovanna ^c   Samy, Silvina Ribeiro ^g,h   Sousa, Nuno ^g,h   Salgado, Antonio J ^g,h   Ratzka, Andreas ^a   Wrobel, Sandra ^a,b   Grothe, Claudia ^a,b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b CENTER FOR SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e Medovent GmbH   (Germany)

^f Altakitin SA   (Portugal)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Connective tissue; Degradation; Electrophysiology; Histomorphometry; Nerve guide

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NERVE CONDUIT; CONNECTIVE TISSUES; DEGREES OF ACETYLATION; GROWTH FACTOR REGULATION; HISTOMORPHOMETRY; NERVE GUIDE; PERIPHERAL NERVE REGENERATION; REGENERATING NERVES;

ACETYLATION; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN; DEFECTS; DEGRADATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYDROGELS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; TISSUE; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

TISSUE REGENERATION;

CHITOSAN; GROWTH FACTOR;

ACETYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROENVIRONMENT; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETERS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

RATTUS;

CHITOSAN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DEGRADATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOMORPHOMETRY; NERVE GUIDE;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHITOSAN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84885374434     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.08.074     Document Type: Article

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