Neural stem cell affinity of chitosan and feasibility of chitosan-based porous conduits as scaffolds for nerve tissue engineering

Tsinghua Science and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 415-420

  Wang, Aijun ^a   Ao, Qiang ^a   He, Qing ^a   Gong, Xiaoming ^a   Gong, Kai ^a   Gong, Yandao ^a   Zhao, Nanming ^a   Zhang, Xiufang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Nerve conduit; Neural stem cells; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE;

CHITOSAN; NERVE CONDUIT; NEURAL STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CELL CULTURE;

EID: 33749820322     PISSN: 10070214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1007-0214(06)70210-3     Document Type: Article

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