An assessment of current techniques for inducing axon regeneration and neurological recovery following peripheral nerve trauma

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 116, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-12

  Kuffler, Damien P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Mesenchymal stem cells; Nerve grafts; PRP

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COLLAGEN FIBER; CYCLIC AMP; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBRIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TACROLIMUS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VASCULOTROPIN;

CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GROWTH CONE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE STUMP; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINNERVATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; ANIMAL; NERVE FIBER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84899484699     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: 18735118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2013.12.004     Document Type: Review

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