Morphologic responses of osteoblast-like cells in monolayer culture to ELF electromagnetic fields

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-136

  Lee, Jonathan H ^a   McLeod, Kenneth J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

60 hz; Cell growth; Endogenous currents; Image analysis

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

'CURRENT; 60 HZ; CELL LENGTHS; CELL ORIENTATION; ELF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENDOGENOUS CURRENT; IMAGE-ANALYSIS; INDUCED ELECTRIC FIELDS; MORPHO-LOGICS; OSTEOBLAST-LIKE CELLS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MOUSE; OSTEOBLAST; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKULL;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MICE; OSTEOBLASTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKULL;

EID: 0034133193     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(200002)21:2<129::AID-BEM8>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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