2001 Volvo award winner in basic science studies: Effect of nutrient supply on the viability of cells from the nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disc

Spine

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 2543-2549

  Horner, Heather A ^a   Urban, Jill P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Glucose; Oxygen; pH

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; OXYGEN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ACHIEVEMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PH; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DIFFUSION CHAMBERS, CULTURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; OXYGEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035584277     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200112010-00006     Document Type: Article

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