Chinese Neurosurgical Journal (Oct 2019)

Plasma medicine for neuroscience—an introduction

  • Xu Yan,
  • Jiting Ouyang,
  • Chenyang Zhang,
  • Zhongfang Shi,
  • Boran Wang,
  • Kostya ( Ken) Ostrikov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41016-019-0172-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Abstract Plasma is an ionized gas. It is typically formed at high temperature. As a result of both the development of low-temperature plasma sources and a better understanding of complex plasma phenomena over the last decade, “plasma medicine” has become a booming interdisciplinary research topic of growing importance that explores enormous opportunities at the interface of chemistry, plasma physics, and biomedical sciences with engineering. This review presents the latest development in plasma medicine in the area of the central nervous system and aims to introduce cutting-edge plasma medicine to clinical and translational medical researchers and practitioners.

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