Tissue and organ regeneration in adults /

The emphasis throughout this volume is on the systematic development of the viewpoint that regeneration is an instance of synthesis of tissues and organs. This has three simple consequences. The first is the requirement for a special kind of experimental reactor, free of tissues that do not regenera...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yannas, Ioannis V
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, ©2001
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Table of Contents:
  • The Irreversibility of Injury
  • Nonregenerative Tissues
  • Anatomically Well-Defined Defects
  • The Defect Closure Rule
  • Regeneration of Skin
  • Regeneration of a Peripheral Nerve
  • Irreducible Processes for Synthesis of Skin and Peripheral Nerves
  • The Antagonistic Relation Between Contraction and Regeneration
  • Kinetics and Mechanism I. Spontaneous Healing
  • Kinetics and Mechanism
  • Induced Regeneration
  • Appendix A: Method of estimation of critical axon elongation of an arbitrary tubulated device bridging two nerve stumps
  • Index