Nanomaterial/neuronal hybrid system for functional recovery of the CNS

Drug Discovery Today: Disease Models

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-43

  Giugliano, Michele ^a   Prato, Maurizio ^b   Ballerini, Laura ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOMATERIAL; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER MODEL; ENGRAFTMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY; NANOMEDICINE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REPAIR;

EID: 57249097207     PISSN: 17406757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ddmod.2008.07.004     Document Type: Review

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