Peripheral nerves in the rat exhibit localized heterogeneity of tensile properties during limb movement

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 557, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 879-887

  Phillips, J B ^a,d   Smit, X ^b   De Zoysa, N ^a   Afoke, A ^c   Brown, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT STIFFNESS; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MICROSCOPY; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; STRETCHING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL CELL; BIOMECHANICS; EX VIVO STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HISTOLOGY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; TENSILE HETEROGENEITY; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPLIANCE; HINDLIMB; JOINTS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOVEMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 3242714139     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.061804     Document Type: Article

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