Biocompatibility of biodegradable semiconducting melanin films for nerve tissue engineering

Biomaterials

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 3050-3057

  Bettinger, Christopher J ^a   Bruggeman, Joost P ^b   Misra, Asish ^c   Borenstein, Jeffrey T ^d   Langer, Robert ^c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c USA   (United States)

^d CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Electroactive polymer; Nerve tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC TISSUE ENGINEERINGS; CLOSE PROXIMITIES; COLLAGEN FILMS; CONDUCTIVE POLYMERS; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; MELANIN FILMS; NERVE TISSUE ENGINEERING; NEURITE EXTENSIONS; PC12 CELLS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REGENERATIVE MEDICINES; SCHWANN CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING BIOMATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTING MATERIALS; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; SOLUTION-PROCESSING; TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; TISSUE RESPONSE;

APPLICATIONS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL GROWTH; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GROWTH KINETICS; HYDRATES; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SILICONES; THIN FILMS; TISSUE;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN; MELANIN; POLYMER; SILICONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL GROWTH; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILM; HISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; MATERIALS TESTING; MELANINS; NERVE REGENERATION; PC12 CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCHWANN CELLS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 64249138224     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.02.018     Document Type: Article

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