Aligned carbon nanotube containing scaffolds for neural tissue regeneration.

Abstract

Neuropathologies include the deterioration and damage of the nervous system, especially neurons present in the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nervous system. Damage or alternations in neurons makes their structure and functionality abnormal. Every year over 90,000 people get affected by neurodegenerative diseases in the USA. Among all the neurological pathologies, the spinal cord injuries alone influence 10,000 people in the USA every year. Millions of cases of neurodegenerative pathologies are registered worldwide. Without proper treatment and cure to these cases, the toll for patients suffering from neurode-generative disease is expected to reach at least 12 million in the USA 30 years from now (John, 2015).