Micropatterning neural cell cultures in 3D with a multi-layered scaffold

Biomaterials

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2088-2098

  Kunze, Anja ^a   Giugliano, Michele ^a,b   Valero, Ana ^a   Renaud, Philippe ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agarose alginate hydrogel; Micropatterning; Multi layered scaffold; Neurite outgrowth; Primary neural cell culture

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE HYDROGELS; MICRO PATTERNING; MULTI-LAYERED; NEURAL CELLS; NEURITE OUTGROWTH;

ALGINATE; HYDROGELS; NEURONS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCAFFOLDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CELL CULTURE;

AGAROSE; ALGINIC ACID; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CRANIAL NERVE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HYDROGELS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROFLUIDICS; NEURITES; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEPHAROSE; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 78651427807     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.11.047     Document Type: Article

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