The use of chitosan-based scaffolds to enhance regeneration in the nervous system

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-62

  Gnavi, Sara ^a   Barwig, Christina ^b   Freier, Thomas ^b   Haastert Talini, Kirsten ^c   Grothe, Claudia ^c   Geuna, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Medovent GmbH   (Germany)

^c CENTER FOR SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomedical application; Chitin; Chitosan; Peripheral nerve repair; Spinal cord repair; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BIOMATERIAL; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; EPICHLOROHYDRIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ETHYLENE OXIDE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GENIPIN; GLUTARALDEHYDE; HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE; HYDROXYAPATITE; LAMININ; MACROGOL; MICROSPHERE; NANOPARTICLE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; POLYACRYLAMIDE; POLYLYSINE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; STREPTAVIDIN; TISSUE ADHESIVE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMECHANICS; BIOSAFETY; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL BASED GENE THERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LAMINECTOMY; MATERIAL COATING; MATRIX ATTACHMENT REGION; MEDIAN NERVE INJURY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE MEMBRANE; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERONEUS NERVE INJURY; PHRENIC NERVE INJURY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE INJURY; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE INJURY; SILASTIC TUBE; SOLUBILITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEM CELL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIBIAL NERVE INJURY;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE REPAIR; SPINAL CORD REPAIR; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHITOSAN; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84884762475     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-420045-6.00001-8     Document Type: Chapter

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