Tissue-engineered platforms of axon guidance

Tissue Engineering - Part B: Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-51

  Li, Grace N ^a   Hoffman Kim, Diane ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL GROWTH; NEURONS;

AXON GUIDANCES; CELL TYPES; GUIDANCE INFORMATIONS; IN VITRO; IN-VIVO; INNOVATIVE DESIGNS; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; MICROENVIRONMENTS; NANOSCALE RESOLUTIONS; NERVE INJURIES; REGENERATIVE MEDICINES;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

LAMININ; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GROWTH CONE; HUMAN; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; SPINAL GANGLION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GROWTH CONES; HUMANS; LAMININ; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEURONS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 44949220310     PISSN: 19373368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/teb.2007.0181     Document Type: Review

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