Normal ligament structure, physiology and function

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 127-135

  Bray, Robert C ^a   Salo, Paul T ^a   Lo, Ian K ^a   Ackermann, Paul ^b   Rattner, J B ^a   Hart, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gap junctions; Laser speckle perfusion imaging; Ligament cell biology; Ligament innervation; Ligament mechanics; Ligament physiology

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; ENKEPHALIN; GALANIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NOCICEPTIN; OPIATE RECEPTOR; SOMATOSTATIN; SUBSTANCE P; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

AUTONOMIC NERVE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; JOINT FUNCTION; LIGAMENT; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 24644435363     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jsa.0000173231.38405.ad     Document Type: Review

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