Characterizing the degradation of alginate hydrogel for use in multilumen scaffolds for spinal cord repair

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 611-619

  Shahriari, Dena ^a   Koffler, Jacob ^b   Lynam, Daniel A ^c   Tuszynski, Mark H ^b,d   Sakamoto, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Michigan State University   (United States)

^d VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

alginate; degradation; hydrogel; nerve regeneration; rheology; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; HYDROGELS; RHEOLOGY; SCAFFOLDS; SHEAR STRAIN;

ALGINATE HYDROGELS; ALGINATE-BASED SCAFFOLDS; DEGRADATION BEHAVIOR; INTERNAL SURFACE AREA; MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION; NERVE REGENERATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI); TEMPLATING TECHNIQUES;

ALGINATE;

AGAROSE; ALGINIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; NITROGEN; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMETHACRYLATE HYDROGEL;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FIBER TEMPLATING TECHNIQUE; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; NANOPORE; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SHEAR MODULUS; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION; SURFACE AREA; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FISCHER 344 RAT; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; POROSITY; PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GLUCURONIC ACID; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HYDROGEL, POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMETHACRYLATE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; NITROGEN; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POROSITY; RATS, INBRED F344; RHEOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84956582687     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.35600     Document Type: Article

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