Immobilized concentration gradients of nerve growth factor guide neurite outgrowth

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 235-243

  Kapur, Terri Adams ^a,b   Shoichet, Molly S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gradient; Neurotrophins; NGF; PC12 cells; pHEMA; Poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate); Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

CELL IMMOBILIZATION; CHEMOTHERAPY; MICROPOROUS MATERIALS; MODEL STRUCTURES; NEUROLOGY;

AXONS; CONCENTRATION GRADIENT; HAPTOTATIC CUES; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; POLYMACON;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; GELATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PREDICTION; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 1942485769     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.10168     Document Type: Article

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