Electrospun nanofibrous materials for neural tissue engineering

Polymers

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 413-426

  Lee, Yee Shuan ^a   Arinzeh, Treena Livingston ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrospun; Nanofiber; Neural tissue engineering; Polymer; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES; CELL TYPES; CONTACT GUIDANCE; ELECTRICAL ACTIVITIES; ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROSPUNS; FIBER DIAMETERS; NANO SCALE; NEURAL CELLS; NEURAL TISSUE ENGINEERING; NEURITE EXTENSION; NON-WOVEN;

BIOPOLYMERS; ELECTROSPINNING; ENGINEERING; NANOFIBERS; SCAFFOLDS; STEM CELLS; TISSUE;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 79851477670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym3010413     Document Type: Review

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