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.

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.

We studied the morphology and the cortical representation of the median nerve (MN), 10 weeks after a transection immediately followed by treatment with tubulization using a polycaprolactone (PCL) conduit with or without bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) transplant. In order to charact...

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Main Authors: Julia Teixeira Oliveira, Ruben Ernesto Bittencourt-Navarrete, Fernanda Martins Almeida, Chiara eTonda-Turo, Ana Maria Blanco Martinez, João G Franca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
Subjects:
Nerve Regeneration
Cortical Plasticity
median nerve lesion
stem-cell therapy
polycaprolactone conduit
forepaw barrel subfield
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnana.2014.00111/full

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