Journal
NANOSCALE
Volume 5, Issue 19, Pages 8821-8836Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3nr00957b
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- Coulter Foundation
- Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
- National Institutes of Health, National Center for Research Resources, Clinical and Translational Sciences Award [RR025761]
- Charles C. Chappelle fellowship
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Spinal cord injury results in significant mortality and morbidity, lifestyle changes, and difficult rehabilitation. Treatment of spinal cord injury is challenging because the spinal cord is both complex to treat acutely and difficult to regenerate. Nanomaterials can be used to provide effective treatments; their unique properties can facilitate drug delivery to the injury site, enact as neuroprotective agents, or provide platforms to stimulate regrowth of damaged tissues. We review recent uses of nanomaterials including nanowires, micelles, nanoparticles, liposomes, and carbon-based nanomaterials for neuroprotection in the acute phase. We also review the design and neural regenerative application of electrospun scaffolds, conduits, and self-assembling peptide scaffolds.
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