Approaches for Neural Tissue Regeneration

Stem Cell Reviews and Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-59

  Binan, Loïc ^a   Ajji, Abdellah ^a   De Crescenzo, Gregory ^a   Jolicoeur, Mario ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomaterial; Electrospinning; Growth factor; Hydrogel; Nerve; Regeneration; Scaffold; Spinal cord; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE REGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84893553543     PISSN: 15508943     EISSN: 15586804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12015-013-9474-z     Document Type: Review

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