Nervous tissue engineering

Polymeric materials can lead to great development in tissue engineering of damaged nervous system, but there are still many questions to be answered before their application, such as type and characteristic of polymer and the complementary methods which are appropriate for specific neurological dysfunctions and further investigation is needed to promote them as ideal scaffolds for nervous tissue engineering. 

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Based on the myriad of functions that ECM plays in the development and maintenance of the nervous system, it is an important biomaterial and tissue engineering substrate for implant development. Depending on the desired outcome, implants... 

Struzyna, L.A., Harris, J.P., Katiyar, K.S., Chen, H.I., Cullen, D.K., 2015. Restoring nervous system structure and function using tissue engineered living scaffolds. Neural Regen. Res. 10. 

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