Description
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Repair Strategies provides researchers the latest information on potential regenerative approaches to spinal cord injury, specifically focusing on therapeutic approaches that target regeneration, including cell therapies, controlled drug delivery systems, and biomaterials. Dr. Giuseppe Perale and Dr. Filippo Rossi lead a team of authoritative authors in academia and industry in this innovative reference on the field of regenerative medicine and tissue engineering. This book presents all the information readers need to understand the current and potential array of techniques, materials, applications and their benefits for spinal cord repair.- Covers current and future repair strategies for spinal cord injury repair- Focuses on key research trends, clinics, biology and engineering- Provides fundamentals on regenerative engineering and tissue engineering
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to spinal cord injury as clinical pathology2. Spinal cord injury: role of neurophysiology3. Conventional treatments and surgical margins of maneuvering for spinal cord injury management4. MRI as an imaging tool for in vivo noninvasive morphological and (partially) functional examination of injured spinal cord5. Spinal cord injury: ethical issues6. Elements of material science and polymeric biomaterials7. Soft and rigid scaffolds for spinal cord injury regeneration8. Nanomaterials for spinal cord injury (SCI) regeneration9. Cell therapies for spinal cord injury regeneration10. Functional properties of progenitor-like cells in the spinal cord: implications for self-repair11. Paracrine effects for spinal cord injury regeneration12. Pharmacological therapies and factors delivery for spinal cord injury regeneration13. Reliability on animal models14. Fundamentals and application of modeling in support of spinal cord injury repair strategies
