Electrical stimulation as a novel tool for regulating cell behavior in tissue engineering

C Chen, X Bai, Y Ding, IS Lee - Biomaterials research, 2019 - spj.science.org
Recently, electrical stimulation as a physical stimulus draws lots of attention. It shows great
potential in disease treatment, wound healing, and mechanism study because of significant …

Novel stroke therapeutics: unraveling stroke pathophysiology and its impact on clinical treatments

PM George, GK Steinberg - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
Stroke remains a leading cause of death and disability in the world. Over the past few
decades our understanding of the pathophysiology of stroke has increased, but greater …

The leading edge: Emerging neuroprotective and neuroregenerative cell-based therapies for spinal cord injury

CS Ahuja, A Mothe, M Khazaei… - Stem cells …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Spinal cord injuries (SCIs) are associated with tremendous physical, social, and financial
costs for millions of individuals and families worldwide. Rapid delivery of specialized …

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of action of transcranial direct current stimulation: evidence from in vitro and in vivo models

SJ Pelletier, F Cicchetti - International Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Transcranial direct current stimulation is a noninvasive technique that has been
experimentally tested for a number of psychiatric and neurological conditions. Preliminary …

Influence of electrotaxis on cell behaviour

B Cortese, IE Palamà, S D'Amone, G Gigli - Integrative Biology, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the mechanism of cell migration and interaction with the microenvironment is
not only of critical significance to the function and biology of cells, but also has extreme …

Regulating endogenous neural stem cell activation to promote spinal cord injury repair

EAB Gilbert, N Lakshman, KSK Lau, CM Morshead - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Spinal cord injury (SCI) affects millions of individuals worldwide. Currently, there is no cure,
and treatment options to promote neural recovery are limited. An innovative approach to …

Multi-session transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) elicits inflammatory and regenerative processes in the rat brain

MA Rueger, MH Keuters, M Walberer, R Braun, R Klein… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is increasingly being used in human studies
as an adjuvant tool to promote recovery of function after stroke. However, its neurobiological …

Strategies to improve homing of mesenchymal stem cells for greater efficacy in stem cell therapy

H Naderi‐Meshkin, AR Bahrami… - Cell biology …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Stem/progenitor cell‐based therapeutic approach in clinical practice has been an elusive
dream in medical sciences, and improvement of stem cell homing is one of major challenges …

Electrical stimuli in the central nervous system microenvironment

DM Thompson, AN Koppes, JG Hardy… - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Electrical stimulation to manipulate the central nervous system (CNS) has been applied as
early as the 1750s to produce visual sensations of light. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) …

Intrinsic mechanisms regulating neuronal migration in the postnatal brain

C Bressan, A Saghatelyan - Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Neuronal migration is a fundamental brain development process that allows cells to move
from their birthplaces to their sites of integration. Although neuronal migration largely ceases …