Electrically active nanomaterials as improved neural tissue regeneration scaffolds

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 635-647

  Seil, Justin T ^a   Webster, Thomas J ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; CONVENTIONAL MATERIALS; ELECTRICAL ACTIVITIES; ELECTRICAL STIMULI; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY; MICRON SCALE; NANO SCALE; NANO-MATERIALS; NANO-SCALE SURFACES; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURAL CELLS; NEURAL TISSUE; NEURAL TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING SCAFFOLD; TISSUE REGENERATION; ZINC OXIDE PARTICLES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; SURFACES; TISSUE; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; ELASTOMER; NANOMATERIAL; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; ZINC OXIDE;

ASSOCIATION; ASTROCYTE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL INTERACTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; ULTRASOUND; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; MATERIALS TESTING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; NERVOUS SYSTEM; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 79952199520     PISSN: 19395116     EISSN: 19390041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wnan.109     Document Type: Review

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