Nerve growth factor-immobilized electrically conducting fibrous scaffolds for potential use in neural engineering applications

IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-21

  Lee, Jae Y ^a   Bashur, Chris A ^b   Milroy, Craig A ^c   Forciniti, Leandro ^c   Goldstein, Aaron S ^d   Schmidt, Christine E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Conducting fibers; electrical stimulation; nerve growth factor; neural tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC GROUP; CONDUCTING FIBERS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING POLYPYRROLE; ELECTROSPUNS; FIBROUS SCAFFOLDS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURAL ENGINEERING; NEURAL TISSUE ENGINEERING; NEURAL TISSUE REGENERATION; NEURITE OUTGROWTH; NEURITES; NEUROTROPHIC; NEUROTROPHIC ACTIVITIES; PC12 CELLS; POLY(LACTIC ACID-CO-GLYCOLIC ACID); THICK COATINGS;

CELL CULTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FIBERS; LACTIC ACID; PEPTIDES; POLYPYRROLES; TISSUE;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

IMMOBILIZED PROTEIN; NANOFIBER; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; POLYMER; POLYPYRROLE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURITE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; IMMOBILIZED PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NANOFIBERS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURITES; PC12 CELLS; POLYMERS; PYRROLES; RATS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84858963001     PISSN: 15361241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNB.2011.2159621     Document Type: Article

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