A computerized mechanical cell stimulator for tissue culture: Effects on skeletal muscle organogenesis

In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1988, Pages 609-619

  Vandenburgh, Herman H ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

myogenesis; organogenesis; skeletal muscle; stretch; tissue culture

Indexed keywords

CELL STIMULATION; CHICKEN; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOBLAST FUSION; NONHUMAN; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CHICK EMBRYO; COMPUTERS; MUSCLES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 0023705467     PISSN: 08838364     EISSN: 14752689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02623597     Document Type: Article

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