Altered mRNA expression of genes related to nerve cell activity in the fracture callus of older rats: A randomized, controlled, microarray study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Meyer, Martha H ^a   Etienne, Wiguins ^a   Meyer Jr , Ralph A ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CALLUS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DNA MICROARRAY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; GENE EXPRESSION; HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UPREGULATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; BONY CALLUS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NERVE REGENERATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 13444288001     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-5-24     Document Type: Article

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