Functional improvement following implantation of a microstructured, type-I collagen scaffold into experimental injuries of the adult rat spinal cord

Brain Research

Volumn 1585, Issue , 2014, Pages 37-50

  Altinova, Haktan ^a,b   Möllers, Sven ^a,c   Führmann, Tobias ^a,d   Deumens, Ronald ^a,e,g   Bozkurt, Ahmet ^a,g   Heschel, Ingo ^f   Damink, Leon H H Olde ^f   Schügner, Frank ^f   Weis, Joachim ^g   Brook, Gary A ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b EVANGELISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^c RNL Europe GmbH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^f Matricel GmbH   (Germany)

^g Jülich Aachen Research Alliance Brain JARA Brain   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Collagen; Functional recovery; Nerve guide; Scaffold; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; GELATIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN IMPLANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOREFOOT; IMPLANTATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TISSUE REPAIR; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; CONVALESCENCE; LEWIS RAT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION; TISSUE REGENERATION;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; COLLAGEN TYPE I; FEMALE; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84907677390     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.08.041     Document Type: Article

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