Extracellular electrical fields direct wound healing and regeneration

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-92

  Messerli, Mark A ^a,b   Graham, David M ^a  

^a The Eugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ION EXCHANGE; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL;

EID: 80052577984     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/BBLv221n1p79     Document Type: Review

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