Cells of the Nervous System and Electrical Stimulation

Advanced Biomaterials: Fundamentals, Processing, and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 613-642

  Ariza, Carlos Atico ^a   Mallapragada, Surya K ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cells of nervous system and electrical stimulation; Electrical stimulation correlations between electricity and anatomy; Neural progenitor cells (NPCs) present in adult nervous system throughout life

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957345727     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470891315.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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