Temporal analysis of rat growth plates: Cessation of growth with age despite presence of a physis

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 373-383

  Roach, Helmtrud I ^a,c   Mehta, Gautam ^a   Oreffo, Richard O C ^a   Clarke, Nicholas M P ^a   Cooper, Cyrus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acellularity; Age; Bone growth; Growth plate; Histology; Rat; Remodeling; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; BONE MATURATION; BONE REMODELING; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; FEMUR; GROWTH PLATE; GROWTH REGULATION; METAPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIBIA;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0037369940     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215540305100312     Document Type: Article

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