Biodegradable biomatrices and bridging the injured spinal cord: The corticospinal tract as a proof of principle

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 349, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 375-395

  Joosten, Elbert A J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Cell transplant; Corticospinal tract; Regeneration; Spinal cord Injury

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BIOMATERIAL; BIOMATRIX; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRIDGING MATERIAL; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN BINDING PROTEIN; COLLAGEN IMPLANT; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; FIBRIN; FIBRONECTIN; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MACROGOL; MATRIGEL; NANOPARTICLE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; POLY(ALPHA HYDROXY ACID); POLYGLACTIN; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN 165;

BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY ENSHEATHING CELL; OLFACTORY NERVE FIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; PYRAMIDAL TRACT OUTGROWTH; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84862757756     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-012-1352-5     Document Type: Review

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