Biodegradable cell-seeded nanofiber scaffolds for neural repair

Polymers

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1684-1733

  Han, Dong ^a   Cheung, Karen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axonal guidance; Bioconduits; Biomaterials; Electrospinning; Nanofibers; Nanotechnology; Neural regeneration; Polymer

Indexed keywords

AXON REGENERATION; AXONAL GROWTH; AXONAL REGENERATION; BIOCONDUITS; CELL ALIGNMENT; CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTROSPINNING PROCESS; ELECTROSPUNS; ENGINEERED MATERIALS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; FIBER ALIGNMENT; FIBER DIAMETERS; NANO-FIBER STRUCTURE; NANOFIBER SCAFFOLD; NEURAL REGENERATION; NEURITE OUTGROWTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REMYELINATION; SENSORY FUNCTIONS;

ALIGNMENT; BIOMATERIALS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSPINNING; GROWTH (MATERIALS); NANOFIBERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEURONS; POLYMERS; TISSUE;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

EID: 84861823270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym3041684     Document Type: Review

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