The promotion of axon extension in vitro using polymer-templated fibrin scaffolds

Biomaterials

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 4830-4839

  Scott, John B ^a,b   Afshari, Mehdi ^c,d   Kotek, Richard ^c   Saul, Justin M ^a,b  

^a Medical Center Boulevard   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Fiberweb Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrin; Micropatterning; Nerve guide; Nerve tissue engineering; Scaffold

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL SCAFFOLDS; CONDUIT DIAMETER; FIBER DIAMETERS; FIBRIN; FIBRIN SCAFFOLD; IN-VITRO; MICROPATTERNING; NERVE GUIDE; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TISSUE ENGINEERING; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SUBSTRATE GEOMETRY; TEMPLATED; TEMPLATING; THREE DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS; TO EFFECT; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

FIBRIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL MIGRATION; EMBRYO; MATERIALS TESTING; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

AXONS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; FIBRIN; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; MATERIALS TESTING; NERVE REGENERATION; POLYMERS; POROSITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 79955772283     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.03.037     Document Type: Article

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