Overview
- Explores how biomaterial-based technologies are clinically implemented to address problems in the central nervous system
- Covers contemporary research in engineering technologies from material development through pre-clinical studies
- Highlights certain therapeutic and diagnostic interventions for neurological disease
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Engineering Neural Models and Materials
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Probing Biological Underpinnings of Neurological Function and Disease
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Designing Therapeutic and Diagnostic Interventions for Neurological Disease
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Biomaterials
- Nanomaterials
- hydrogels
- polymers
- neuroimaging
- nanotechnology
- neurological disorders
- neural repair
- central nervous system disease
- neurotherapeutic
- brain injury
- spine injury
- astrocytes
- neurons
- microglia
- macrophages
- brain micronenvironment
- blood-brain barrier
- neurodevelopment
- brain extracellular space
About this book
This contributed volume explores the ways in which researchers engineer new biomaterials for the challenging problems of the peripheral and central nervous systems. These biomaterials are uniquely positioned for use in creating in vitro models of injury and disease, testing therapeutic treatments, understanding neural development, and mapping the multi-scalar environment of the brain. This book informs readers from biology, chemistry, materials science, engineering, and neuroscience on cutting edge research in engineering technologies, from fundamental material development through pre-clinical studies. The book also highlights target applications in three areas of research: (1) engineering neural models and materials, (2) probing biological underpinnings of neurological function and disease, and (3) designing therapeutic and diagnostic treatments for neurological disease.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Engineering Biomaterials for Neural Applications
Editors: Elizabeth Nance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11409-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-11408-3Published: 29 October 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-11411-3Published: 29 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-11409-0Published: 28 October 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 353
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 61 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biomedicine, general, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Neurosciences, Biotechnology