Agar-based bridges as biocompatible candidates to provide guide cues in spinal cord injury repair.
Martín-López E, Darder M, Ruiz-Hitzky E, Nieto Sampedro M. Agar-based bridges as biocompatible candidates to provide guide cues in spinal cord injury repair. Bio-Medical Materials And Engineering 2013, 23: 405-21. PMID: 23988711, DOI: 10.3233/bme-130763.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnvironmental scanning electron microscopyScanning electron microscopyPorous structureBridge materialsBiomaterial propertiesCell ingrowthChannel linearityMixture of agarGrowth surfaceXanthan gumStability of gelsElectron microscopyEmpty channelsBiopolymer structuresPolysulfoneMatrix scaffoldsBiocompatible candidateΚ-carrageenanClosed contactBridgeMaterialsGel mixtureMixtureSpinal cord injury repairStability