Bioengineered strategies for spinal cord repair

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 496-507

  Nomura, Hiroshi ^a   Tator, Charles H ^a   Shoichet, Molly S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioengineering; Biomaterials; Drug delivery systems; Neural stem cells; Scaffolds; Schwann cells; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

ASTROCYTOSIS; BIOENGINEERING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROPROTECTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 33646561820     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2006.23.496     Document Type: Review

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