Current tissue engineering and novel therapeutic approaches to axonal regeneration following spinal cord injury using polymer scaffolds

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-199

  Madigan, Nicolas N ^a,b   McMahon, Siobhan ^b   O'Brien, Timothy ^b   Yaszemski, Michael J ^a   Windebank, Anthony J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Axonal regeneration; Neurotrophins; Polymer scaffold; Spinal cord injury; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; ALGINIC ACID; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; FIBRIN; FIBRONECTIN; HYALURONIC ACID; MICROSPHERE; NANOSHELL; NANOSPHERE; NEUROTROPHIN; POLYMER; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOENGINEERING; CELL ADHESION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; MORBIDITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY ENSHEATHING CELL; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE STABILIZATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; AXONS; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; POLYMERS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 72049112040     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2009.08.015     Document Type: Review

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