Neural tissue engineering: From polymer to biohybrid organs

Biomaterials

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 301-310

  Woerly, S ^a   Plant, G W ^b   Harvey, A R ^b  

^a Organogel Canada Ltd   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydrogels; Immunocytochemistry; Neural cells; Polymers

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CELL IMMOBILIZATION; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; HYDROGELS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; POLYMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ASTROCYTES; BIOGELS; BIOHYBRID ORGANS; CELL VIABILITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEURAL TISSUE ENGINEERING; SCHWANN CELLS;

TISSUE;

LAMININ; POLYMER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ASTROCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SPREADING; CELL VIABILITY; EMBRYO; GLIA CELL; HYDROGEL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMOBILIZED CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCHWANN CELL; TIME; TISSUE REGENERATION;

EID: 0030088022     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0142-9612(96)85568-2     Document Type: Article

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