Stimulation of neurite outgrowth using an electrically conducting polymer.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on August 19, 1997

Authors

C E Schmidt1, V R Shastri, J P Vacanti, R Langer

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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