Neural tissue engineering: Adrenal chromaffin cell attachment and viability on chitosan scaffolds

Neurological Research

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 648-654

  Elçin, A Eser ^a   Elçin, Y Murat ^a   Pappas, George D ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymers; Chitosan scaffolds; Chromaffin cell attachment; Chromaffin cell transplantation; Neural tissue engineering; Pain sensitivity; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMAFFIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TISSUE GRAFT;

EID: 0031681228     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1998.11740578     Document Type: Article

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