Porous chitosan scaffold and NGF promote neuronal differentiation of neural stem cells in vitro

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 705-710

  Yi, Xin ^a   Jin, Guohua ^a   Tian, Meiling ^a   Mao, Weifeng ^a   Qin, Jianbing ^a  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3 D structure; Neuronal differentiation; NGF; NSCs; Porous chitosan scaffold

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FREEZE DRYING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; POROSITY; RAT;

EID: 84857432576     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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