Cultured rat neuronal and glial cells entrapped within hydrogel polymer matrices: A potential tool for neural tissue replacement

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 197-201

  Woerly, Stephane ^a,c   Plant, Giles W ^b   Harvey, Alan R ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Organogel Canada Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Cell entrapment; Neurons; Polymers; Regeneration; Schwann cells

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HOE 33342; LAMININ; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; POLYMER; PROTEIN S 100;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL;

EID: 0029946039     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12349-1     Document Type: Article

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