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Tissue and Organ Regeneration in Adults

Why This Volume? The title of this volume reads like an oxymoron.After all, it is well known that,whether animal or human,adults do not spontaneously regenerate any of their organs that have been lost to accidental trauma or to surgery. If mammals could somehow regenerate organs such as the skin of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yannas, Ioannis V.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2001, 2001
Edition:1st ed. 2001
Subjects:
Neurology 
Medicine / Research
Neurology
Biology / Research
Medical Sciences
Health Sciences
Biomedical Research
Dermatology
Online Access:
Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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 II: Induced Regeneration

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