Brianna C. Thompson

TL;DR: The facile ability to form discrete cell-containing layers validates the application of this novel printing technique to form complex, layered and viable 3D cell structures that offer the opportunity to reproduce more accurate 3D in vitro microstructures with applications ranging from cell behavior studies to improving the understanding of brain injuries and neurodegenerative diseases.

TL;DR: Clusterin is an extracellular chaperone present in all disease-associated extracellular amyloid deposits, but its role in protein formation and protein deposition in vivo is poorly understood.

TL;DR: Guinea pigs implanted with electrically stimulated Ppy/pTS/NT3-coated electrodes had lower electrically-evoked auditory brainstem response thresholds and greater SGN densities in implanted cochleae compared to non-implanted cochlearae and compared to animals implanted with Ppy-pTS-coating electrodes (p<0.05).

TL;DR: If applied to the cochlear implant, Ppy/pTS/NT3 will provide a biocompatible, low-impedance substrate for storage and release of NT3 to help protect auditory neurons from degradation after sensorineural hearing loss and encourage neurite outgrowth towards the electrodes.

TL;DR: In this article, two synthesis routes to graphene/polycaprolactone composites are introduced and the properties of the resulting composites compared and two esterification reaction covalently links polycaprolACTone chains to free carboxyl groups on the graphene sheets.