简介:Amathematicalmodelhasbeenformulatedinaccordancewithcellchemotaxisandrelevantexperimentaldata.Athree-dimensionallatticeBoltzmannmethodwasusedfornumericalsimulation.Thepresentstudyobservedtheeffectsofglialscarsizeandinhibitorconcentrationonregenerativeaxonalgrowthfollowingspinalcordtransection.Thesimulationtestcomprisedtwoparts:(1)whenreleaseratesofgrowthinhibitorandpromoterwereconstant,theeffectsofglialscarsizeonaxonalgrowthratewereanalyzed,andconcentrationsofinhibitorandpromoterslocatedatthemovinggrowthconeswererecorded.(2)Whentheglialscarsizewasconstant,theeffectsofinhibitorandpromoterreleaseratesonaxonalgrowthratewereanalyzed,andinhibitorandpromoterconcentrationsatthemovinggrowthconeswererecorded.Resultsdemonstratedthat(1)alargerglialscarandahigherreleaserateofinhibitorresultedinareducedaxonalgrowthrate.(2)Theaxonalgrowthratedependedontheratioofinhibitortopromoterconcentrationsatthegrowthcones.Whentheaverageratiowas<1.5,regeneratingaxonswereabletogrowandsuccessfullycontacttargetcells.