Cytomorphology of notochordal and chondrocytic cells from the nucleus pulposus: A species comparison

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 205, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 357-362

  Hunter, Christopher J ^a   Matyas, John R ^a   Duncan, Neil A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actin; Confocal microscopy; Invertebral; Notochord; Nucleus pulposus

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CELL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR SPINE; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANIMALS; CATS; CHONDROCYTES; DOGS; FERRETS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MICE; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, ANIMAL; NOTOCHORD; RABBITS; RATS; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 10344267546     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8782.2004.00352.x     Document Type: Article

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