Effects of Starch/ Polycaprolactone-based Blends for Spinal Cord Injury Regeneration in Neurons/Glial Cells Viability and Proliferation

Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-248

  Salgado, A J ^a   Sousa, R A ^b   Fraga, J S ^a   Pego, J M ^a   Silva, B A ^c   Malva, J O ^c,d   Neves, N M ^b   Reis, R L ^b   Sousa, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biodegrable polymers; Cytotoxicity; Glial; Neurons; Spinal cord injury; Starch poly( caprolactone) blends; Tissue engineering.

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRABLE POLYMERS; CAPROLACTONE; CELL POPULATIONS; CELL VIABILITY; COVERSLIPS; GLIAL; GLIAL CELLS; GROWTH FACTOR; HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONS; MICROGLIAL CELLS; NOVEL STRATEGIES; PARALLEL FILAMENTS; PRIMARY CULTURE; PROLIFERATION RATE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SINGLE CELLS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TOTAL PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMATERIALS; CALCIUM; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANES; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOSIMETRY; FILAMENTS (LAMP); FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NEURONS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; POLYSTYRENES; SCAFFOLDS; STARCH; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CYTOTOXICITY;

BIOMATERIAL; GROWTH FACTOR; POLYCAPROLACTONE; STARCH; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CONTACT; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL VIABILITY; DENDRITE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROGLIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; RAT; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 65649101219     PISSN: 08839115     EISSN: 15308030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883911509104081     Document Type: Article

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