Injectable hydrogel materials for spinal cord regeneration: A review

Biomedical Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Macaya, D ^a,b   Spector, M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; DIRECT INJECTION; DOSIMETRY; DRUG DELIVERY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL POLYMERS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); TISSUE;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TISSUES; CURRENT STATUS; DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES; DURA MATER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HOST TISSUES; HUMAN INJURY; IN-VITRO; INJECTABLE HYDROGELS; LESION SITE; RAPID TRANSFORMATIONS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORDS; SURGICAL MANIPULATION; TISSUE TYPES;

HYDROGELS;

AGAROSE; ALGINIC ACID; AMPHOPHILE; BIOMATERIAL; BIOPOLYMER; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN; CYTOKINE; FIBRIN; FIBRONECTIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLYOXAL; HOMING RECEPTOR; HYALURONIC ACID; LAMININ; MACROGOL; METHYLCELLULOSE; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; MYELIN OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN; NANOMESH; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; POLY(N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); POLYLACTIC ACID; PROTEIN NOGO A; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; TETRONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL POPULATION; CHRONOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; HYPERTROPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; OLFACTORY ENSHEATHING CELL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POROSITY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD CYST; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE REGENERATION; TISSUE REGENERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; NERVE REGENERATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856489292     PISSN: 17486041     EISSN: 1748605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-6041/7/1/012001     Document Type: Review

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