Nanoengineered biomaterials for spinal cord regeneration

[Excerpt] Introduction Spinal cord injuries (SCIs) affect millions of people worldwide, and unfortunately there is no cure. Today most clinical strategies used for SCI treatment are based mainly on the delivery of drugs aimed at controlling the immune response, excitotoxicity, and cell death trigger...

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Main Author: Silva, Rita Catarina Assunção Ribeiro (author)
Other Authors: Gomes, Eduardo Domingos Correia (author), Silva, Nuno André Martins (author), Salgado, A. J. (author)
Format: bookPart
Language:eng
Published: 2019
Subjects:
Electrospun fibers
Liposomes
Micelles
Nanobiomaterials
Nanoparticles
Nanotubes
Nanowires
Neuroregeneration
Self-assembly nanofibers
Spinal cord injury
Science & Technology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/67182
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/67182

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http://hdl.handle.net/1822/67182

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