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Nerve regeneration in silicone chambers : influence of gap length and of distal stump components

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Observations confirm that the distal stump influences proximal regeneration and indicate that this influence can act only over a limited distance or volume.
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This article is published in Experimental Neurology.The article was published on 1982-05-01. It has received 607 citations till now.

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The cellular and molecular basis of peripheral nerve regeneration.

TL;DR: Axonal regeneration may be facilitated by new strategies that enhance the growth potential of neurons and optimize the growth support of the distal nerve stump in combination with prompt nerve repair.
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Peripheral nerve regeneration

TL;DR: Basal lamina grafts for reconnecting severed nerves are prepared from muscle by removing cellular material therefrom while preserving the tubular structure of the basal lamina, eventually reestablishing nerve function through the regenerated graft.
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A 25-year perspective of peripheral nerve surgery: evolving neuroscientific concepts and clinical significance.

TL;DR: In spite of an enormous amount of new experimental laboratory data based on evolving neuroscientific concepts during the last 25 years, peripheral nerve injuries still belong to the most challenging and difficult surgical reconstructive problems.
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Schwann cells, neurotrophic factors, and peripheral nerve regeneration

TL;DR: This review article focuses on the roles in peripheral nerve regeneration of Schwann cells and of the neurotrophin family, CNTF and GDNF, and the relationship between these and what remains to be understood about the possible clinical use of neurotrophic factors.
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Spatial‐Temporal progress of peripheral nerve regeneration within a silicone chamber: Parameters for a bioassay

TL;DR: The spatial‐temporal progress of peripheral nerve regeneration across a 10‐mmgap within a silicone chamber was examined and the parameters of a morphologic assay for regeneration in this chamber model can be used to investigate cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the success of peripheral nerves regeneration.
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Cell death in the development of the lateral motor column of the chick embryo.

TL;DR: Arguments are presented in support of the hypothesis that the naturally occurring cell death in the l.m.c. is due to the failure of their axons to survive in a competion process at the periphery, and observations of the time pattern of muscle differentiation and their neurotization in the leg further endorse this hypothesis.
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Nerve regeneration model and trophic factors in vivo

TL;DR: The proximal stump of a transected rat sciatic nerve has been observed to regenerate through a cylindrical silicone chamber across a 10 mm gap to the distal stump, indicating trophic factors that ensure in vitro survival and growth of at least sensory neurons from rodent dorsal root ganglia.
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In vivo regeneration of cut nerves encased in silicone tubes: growth across a six-millimeter gap.

TL;DR: An experimental in vivo system for studying peripheral nerve regeneration, in which the proximal stump of a transected nerve regrows through a transparent silicone chamber toward the distal stump, which permits easy collection of the extracellular fluid for analysis of its chemical properties and biological activity.
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Trophic and Specifying Factors Directed to Neuronal Cells

TL;DR: This chapter examines the effects of trophic and specifying factors directed to neuronal cells, which provide qualitative instructions to the cells and define which particular cell behaviors are to benefit from the same Trophic drive.
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