Electric field stimulation through a biodegradable polypyrrole-co- polycaprolactone substrate enhances neural cell growth

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2554-2564

  Nguyen, Hieu T ^a   Sapp, Shawn ^b   Wei, Claudia ^a   Chow, Jacqueline K ^a   Nguyen, Alvin ^a   Coursen, Jeff ^a   Luebben, Silvia ^b   Chang, Emily ^b   Ross, Robert ^c   Schmidt, Christine E ^a,d  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b TDA RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^c Virginia Technologies Inc   (United States)

^d Department of Biomedical Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

cell stimulation; degradable polypyrrole; electric field; nerve conduit; nerve regeneration

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE CABLES; COPOLYMERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; POLYPYRROLES; REPAIR; SUBSTRATES;

BIODEGRA-DABLE MATERIALS; CELL STIMULATION; DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRIC FIELDS; DORSAL ROOT GANGLIA (DRG); ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; NERVE CONDUITS; NERVE REGENERATION; POLY(LACTIC-CO-GLYCOLIC ACID);

POLYCAPROLACTONE;

COPOLYMER; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYPYRROLE; POLYPYRROLE CO POLYCAPROLACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOMATERIAL; HEXANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LACTONE; POLYMER; POLYPYRROLE-CO-POLYCAPROLACTONE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION; ANIMAL; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; PC12 CELL LINE; PH; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CAPROATES; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTONES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEURONS; PC12 CELLS; POLYMERS; PYRROLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 84903268287     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.34925     Document Type: Article

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