Special Issue "Microfluidic Platforms for the Nervous System"
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "B:Biology and Biomedicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2021) | Viewed by 5994
Special Issue Editor
Interests: neuronal-glial interactions; retinal stem cell therapy; microfluidic clinical testing systems
Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
An exciting array of microfluidic systems has been developed to examine multifaceted biological applications, including organism development, tissue engineering, disease modelling, and regenerative medicine. Key advantages of microfluidics include the manipulation of heterogeneous groups of cells, in vitro environments that recreate anatomical features at physiological scale, and precise control of desired extracellular cues and stimuli. Microfluidics thereby provide a unique experimental platform to examine fundamental processes in the mature nervous system, arguably a most complex physiological system whose functional responses depend upon integrated cellular behaviors. While established microdevices have examined neuronal behaviors within a variety of developmental, co/culture and compartmentalized conditions, the community is in need of microfluidic platforms that enrich our understanding of collective neural responses to aid emerging therapies for adult repair and/or regeneration. This Special Issue seeks to showcase research papers, short communications, and review articles that emphasize novel microfluidic systems and/or applications that elucidate integrated cellular responses needed to advance regeneration in the visual, central, and peripheral NS of adults.
Prof. Maribel Vazquez
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- regeneration
- neuronal and glial interactions
- stem cells
- adult tissue