Evaluation of mechanical properties and therapeutic effect of injectable self-assembling hydrogels for spinal cord injury

Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 309-323

  Cigognini, Daniela ^a,b   Silva, Diego ^a,b   Paloppi, Sara ^b   Gelain, Fabrizio ^a,c  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hemostatic Effect Nervous Tissue Engineering; Hydrogel; Rheology; Self Assembling Peptides; Spinal Cord Injury

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEL FORMATION; NERVOUS TISSUES; PEPTIDE SOLUTIONS; SELF-ASSEMBLING PEPTIDES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI); SYNTHETIC SCAFFOLDS; THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PEPTIDES; RATS; RHEOLOGY; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SELF ASSEMBLY; TUMORS;

HYDROGELS;

BIOMATERIAL; NANOMATERIAL; PEPTIDE; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW KINETICS; HEMATOMA; HYDROGEL; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOTINYLATION; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HINDLIMB; HYDROGELS; INJECTIONS; MACROPHAGES; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RHEOLOGY; SOLUTIONS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STREPTAVIDIN; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84893175016     PISSN: 15507033     EISSN: 15507041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2014.1759     Document Type: Article

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