Biomaterials for brain tissue engineering

JTS Pettikiriarachchi, CL Parish… - Australian journal of …, 2010 - CSIRO Publishing
Neurological disorders such as traumatic brain injuries or stroke result in neuronal loss and
disruption of the brain parenchyma. Current treatment strategies are limited in that they can …

Biofunctionalisation of polymeric scaffolds for neural tissue engineering

TY Wang, JS Forsythe, CL Parish… - Journal of biomaterials …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Patients who experience injury to the central or peripheral nervous systems invariably suffer
from a range of dysfunctions due to the limited ability for repair and reconstruction of …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced biomaterials for repairing the nervous system: what can hydrogels do for the brain?

ZZ Khaing, RC Thomas, SA Geissler, CE Schmidt - Materials Today, 2014 - Elsevier
Newly developed hydrogels are likely to play significant roles in future therapeutic strategies
for the nervous system. In this review, unique features of the central nervous system (ie, the …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrogels for neuroprotection and functional rewiring: a new era for brain engineering

R Fernández-Serra, R Gallego, P Lozano… - Neural Regeneration …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
The neurological devastation of neurodegenerative and cerebrovascular diseases
reinforces our perseverance to find advanced treatments to deal with these fatal pathologies …

Biomaterials for promoting brain protection, repair and regeneration

G Orive, E Anitua, JL Pedraz, DF Emerich - Nature Reviews …, 2009 - nature.com
Biomaterials are likely to have an increasingly important role in the treatment of nervous
system disorders. Recently developed biomaterials can enable and augment the targeted …

[HTML][HTML] Carriers in cell-based therapies for neurological disorders

FSY Wong, BP Chan, ACY Lo - International journal of molecular sciences, 2014 - mdpi.com
There is a pressing need for long-term neuroprotective and neuroregenerative therapies to
promote full function recovery of injuries in the human nervous system resulting from trauma …

[HTML][HTML] The potential of biomaterials for central nervous system cellular repair

S Jarrin, S Cabre, E Dowd - Neurochemistry International, 2021 - Elsevier
The central nervous system (CNS) can be injured or damaged through a variety of insults
including traumatic injury, stroke, and neurodegenerative or demyelinating diseases …

[HTML][HTML] Perspective insights to bio-nanomaterials for the treatment of neurological disorders

J Khan, M Rudrapal, EA Bhat, A Ali… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The significance of biomaterials is well appreciated in nanotechnology, and its use has
resulted in major advances in biomedical sciences. Although, currently, very little data is …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrogels-assisted cell engraftment for repairing the stroke-damaged brain: chimera or reality

D González-Nieto, L Fernández-García… - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
The use of advanced biomaterials as a structural and functional support for stem cells-based
therapeutic implants has boosted the development of tissue engineering applications in …

[HTML][HTML] Harnessing the potential of biomaterials for brain repair after stroke

A Tuladhar, SL Payne, MS Shoichet - Frontiers in Materials, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Stroke is a devastating disease for which no clinical treatment exists to regenerate lost
tissue. Strategies for brain repair in animal models of stroke include the delivery of drug or …