Directional PC12 Cell Migration Along Plastic Nanotracks

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2692-2696

  Ferrari, Aldo ^a   Cecchini, Marco ^b   Beltram, Fabio ^b   Degl'Innocenti, Riccardo ^a  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contact guidance; neuronal migration; nucleokinesis; topography

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; NANOMATERIAL; PLASTIC;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTION; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRAIN; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE REGENERATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEURONS; PC12 CELLS; PLASTICS; RATS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 74049122595     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2009.2027424     Document Type: Article

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