ALGEL® as a durai sealant, determination of effects on the sensori-motor cortex in rats

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1972-1975

  Backer, Timothy A ^a,b   Kipke, Daryl R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Neural Intervention Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Alginate; Dura repair; EEG; Neural implants

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE; DURA REPAIR; NEURAL IMPLANT;

BRAIN; BYPRODUCTS; DRUG DOSAGE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); SENSORY AIDS; TISSUE; VISCOSITY;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

EID: 1542361277     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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