Laser photoablation of guidance microchannels into hydrogels directs cell growth in three dimensions

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4743-4752

  Sarig Nadir, Offra ^a   Livnat, Noga ^a   Zajdman, Ruthy ^a   Shoham, Shy ^a   Seliktar, Dror ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; FIBRINOGEN; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL)DIACRYLATE;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; HYDROGEL; LASER SURGERY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE INJURY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SPINAL GANGLION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; CELL CULTURE; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CHEMISTRY; GLIA; LASER; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NEURITE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VIDEORECORDING;

CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FIBRINOGEN; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HYDROGELS; LASERS; NEURITES; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 68949114132     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.03.019     Document Type: Article

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