Plasma activation of electrospun scaffolds for neural tissue engineering Universiteit Gent
An alerting high incidence of peripheral nerve injuries (PNI) reaching over one million cases worldwide is still lingering over the centuries. This is due to the fact that peripheral nerves are not protected like the brain and the spinal cord by a bone tissue and a nerve-blood barrier, making them susceptible to physical, chemical, thermal and/or ischemic damages at any anatomic site. Luckily, unlike the central nervous system having a very ...