Journal article
Nerve Dependency in Scarless Fetal Wound Healing
Abstract
The human fetus is capable of healing cutaneous wounds without scar up to the third trimester of development This process of tissue repair is more akin to newt limb regeneration than classic adult scar forming wound repair. Regeneration of the newt limb is dependent on neural input in its early stages. This study was an attempt to determine whether a similar dependence on neural input exists for mammalian fetal wounds to heal without scar. The …
Authors
Stelnicki EJ; Doolabh V; Lee S; Levis C; Baumann FG; Longaker MT; Mackinnon S
Journal
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Vol. 105, No. 1, pp. 140–147
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
January 2000
DOI
10.1097/00006534-200001000-00024
ISSN
0032-1052