Tissue engineering the monosynaptic circuit of the stretch reflex arc with co-culture of embryonic motoneurons and proprioceptive sensory neurons

Biomaterials

Volumn 33, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 5723-5731

  Guo, Xiufang ^a   Ayala, Jennifer E ^a   Gonzalez, Mercedes ^a   Stancescu, Maria ^a   Lambert, Stephen ^a,b   Hickman, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DETA; Dorsal root ganglion; Motoneurons; Proprioceptive sensory neurons; Serum free; Stretch reflex arc

Indexed keywords

DETA; DORSAL ROOT GANGLIA; MOTONEURONS; SENSORY NEURONS; SERUM FREE; STRETCH REFLEX;

BODY FLUIDS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MUSCLE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

NEURONS;

DIETHYLENETRIAMINE; N 1 [3 (TRIMETHOXYSILYL)PROPYL]DIETHYLENETRIAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCULTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRAFUSAL MUSCLE FIBER; MONOSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RAT; REFLEX ARC; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL GANGLION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; REFLEX, STRETCH; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SILANES; SYNAPSES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84861344278     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.04.042     Document Type: Article

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