Four-dimensional imaging of living chondrocytes in cartilage using confocal microscopy: A pragmatic approach

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 3 41-3, 1997, Pages

  Errington, Rachel J ^a,c   Fricker, Mark D ^a   Wood, Julian L ^a   Hall, Andrew C ^a,b   White, Nick S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

volume regulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VOLUME; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030910646     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1997.272.3.c1040     Document Type: Article

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