Effects of chitosan and nanoparticles on survival of Schwann cells and dorsal root ganglion neurons

Technical Proceedings of the 2011 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Expo, NSTI-Nanotech 2011

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 440-442

  Lai, James C K ^a   Gao, Wenjuan ^b   Leung, Solomon W ^b  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocompatible; Chitosan; DRG neuron; Nanoparticle; Schwann cell

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NERVES; BIOCOMPATIBLE; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHITOSAN FILM; DORSAL ROOT GANGLION NEURONS; NANO SILVER; NANO-GOLD; NANO-METAL PARTICLES; NANOGOLD PARTICLES; SCHWANN CELLS;

CELLS; CHITOSAN; FILM GROWTH; FLUIDICS; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEURONS;

GROWTH KINETICS;

EID: 81455139771     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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