Evaluation of PVA biodegradable electric conductive membranes for nerve regeneration in axonotmesis injuries: the rat sciatic nerve animal model

Authors :: Ribeiro, Jorge
Caseiro, Ana Rita
Pereira, Tiago
Armada da Silva, Paulo Alexandre
Pires, Isabel
Prada, Justina
Amorim, Irina
Leal Reis, Inês
Amado, Sandra
Santos, José Domingos
Bompasso, Simone
Raimondo, Stefania
Varejão, Artur Severo Proença
Geuna, Stefano
Luís, Ana Lúcia
Maurício, Ana Colette
Source :: Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A. 105(5)
Publication Year :: 2016
Abstract: The therapeutic effect of three polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) membranes loaded with electrically conductive materials - carbon nanotubes (PVA-CNTs) and polypyrrole (PVA-PPy) - were tested in vivo for neuro-muscular regeneration after an axonotmesis injury in the rat sciatic nerve. The membranes electrical conductivity measured was 1.5 ± 0.5 × 10

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