The foreign body response to the Utah Slant Electrode Array in the cat sciatic nerve

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4650-4660

  Christensen, M B ^a   Pearce, S M ^a   Ledbetter, N M ^a   Warren, D J ^a   Clark, G A ^a   Tresco, P A ^a  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrode; Foreign body response; Histomorphometry; Neural prosthesis; Peripheral nerve

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; MICROELECTRODES; NEURAL PROSTHESES; PROSTHETICS;

ELECTRODE ARRAYS; FOREIGN BODY REACTIONS; FOREIGN BODY RESPONSE; HISTOMORPHOMETRY; MICROELECTRODES ARRAYS; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROPROSTHETIC; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PROSTHETIC CONTROLS; SCIATIC NERVES;

SILICONES;

SILICONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ENCAPSULATION; EXPERIMENTAL CAT; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GIANT CELL; GRANULATION TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MICROELECTRODE; MYELINATED NERVE; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; SCIATIC NERVE; UTAH SLANT ELECTRODE ARRAY; VASCULARIZATION; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CAT; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; PATHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; NERVE FIBERS; SCIATIC NERVE; UTAH;

EID: 84908113837     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2014.07.010     Document Type: Article

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