Transplantation of brain cells assembled around a programmable synthetic microenvironment

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 934-939

  Mahoney, M J ^a   Saltzman, W M ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CELLS; DISEASES; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

SYNTHETIC PARTICLES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOGENESIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BRAIN; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MICROSPHERES; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RATS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0034789414     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1001-934     Document Type: Article

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