Peptide Amphiphiles and Porous Biodegradable Scaffolds for Tissue Regeneration in the Brain and Spinal Cord

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 726, Issue , 2011, Pages 259-281

  Ellis Behnke, Rutledge G ^a   Schneider, Gerald E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS regeneration; Nanofiber scaffold; Nanomedicine; Neural progenitor cell; Schwann cell; Self assembling peptide; Spinal cord injury; Surgery; Tissue repair; Trauma

Indexed keywords

NANOFIBER; PEPTIDE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HAMSTER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; OPTIC NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; POROSITY; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE REGENERATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AXONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; NANOFIBERS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELLS; OPTIC NERVE; PEPTIDES; POROSITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCHWANN CELLS; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 79959799650     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-052-2_17     Document Type: Chapter

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