Promoting neuronal viability by mechano-regulation of neuron-to-neuron contacts

• Main Author: Li, Zhuyun
• Other Authors: Chen, Xiaodong
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials; DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73429
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Neurons are the longest-living terminally differentiated cells in the body. They can survive for an entire duration of human life while continually maintaining our reflexes, behavioral patterns, emotions and memories. Progressive depletion of long-lived nerve cells due to an imbalance between progra...