Polymer Based Tissue Engineering Strategies for Neural Regeneration

Abstract

Damage to nervous system causes great trauma to the patients involved and their caregivers. The lack of an effective treatment strategy has led to shifting of focus from traditional methods to alternative treatments such as neural scaffolds containing biological cues. Neural regeneration in central and peripheral nervous systems using various synthetic and naturally occurring polymers have been experimentally successful as evidenced from the numerous publications in this area. This review attempts to enlist the various kinds of polymers that have been used in neural tissue engineering.