Electrospun biocomposite polycaprolactone/collagen tubes as scaffolds for neural stem cell differentiation

Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3714-3728

  Hackett, Joanne M ^a,b   Dang, ThucNhi T ^a   Tsai, Eve C ^a   Cao, Xudong ^c  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Electrospun nanofibers; Nerve tissue engineering; Neurospheres

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; ENDOGENOUS STEM CELLS; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY; MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; NERVE TISSUE ENGINEERING; NEUROSPHERES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI); THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY;

CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; RESTORATION; STEM CELLS;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

EID: 84888866606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma3063714     Document Type: Article

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