Enhancement of median nerve regeneration by mesenchymal stem cells engraftment in an absorbable conduit: Improvement of peripheral nerve morphology with enlargement of somatosensory cortical representation

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 8, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Oliveira, Julia T ^a   Bittencourt Navarrete, Ruben Ernesto ^b   de Almeida, Fernanda M ^a   Tonda Turo, Chiara ^c   Martinez, Ana Maria B ^a   Franca, João G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical plasticity; Median nerve lesion; Nerve regeneration; Polycaprolactone conduits; Rat; Stem cell therapy

Indexed keywords

POLYCAPROLACTONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BRAIN MAPPING; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL CORTICAL MAPPING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOREFOOT; HEART RATE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE LESION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; TISSUE GRAFT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84907976559     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: 16625129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00111     Document Type: Article

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