Biomaterials for Neural Tissue Engineering

Explores how to utilize biomaterials for neural tissue engineering to promote neural repair and regeneration

Oguzhan Gunduz (Edited by), Cem Bulent Ustundag (Edited by), Mustafa Sengor (Edited by)

9780323905541, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 19 April 2023

480 pages, 150 illustrations (50 in full color)
22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 1 kg

Biomaterials for Neural Tissue Engineering covers a range of materials and technologies used for regenerating or repairing neural tissue. With a strong focus on biomaterials and scaffolds, the book examines the testing and evaluation pathway for in-vitro and in-vivo testing trials. This book introduces the reader to the fundamentals of the nervous system from a tissue engineering perspective and goes on to describe contemporary technologies used in the development of neural repair materials, as well as currently available biomaterials suitable for neural tissue repair and regeneration.

1. The need for biomaterials in neural tissue engineering
2. Introduction to the nervous system from tissue engineering perspective
3. Natural, synthetic, and hybrid and composite biomaterials for neural tissue engineering
4. Carbon-based nanomaterials for nervous tissue engineering
5. Microfluidic systems for neural tissue engineering
6. Therapeutic polymer gel system in neural tissue engineering
7. Growth factor delivery for neural tissue engineering
8. Computational methods in modeling of scaffolds for neural tissue engineering
9. Drug delivery systems for neural tissue engineering
10. Biofabrication techniques for neural tissue engineering
11. Stem cells, bioengineering, and 3D scaffolds for neural tissue engineering
12. Characterization of scaffolds for neural tissue engineering
13. In vitro evaluation of biomaterials for neural tissue engineering
14. In vivo evaluation of biomaterials for neural tissue engineering

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM], Biotechnology [TCB], Biomedical engineering [MQW]