Microscopic and histological examination of the mouse hindpaw digit and flexor tendon arrangement with 3D reconstruction

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 533-545

  Wong, Jason ^a   Bennett, William ^a   Ferguson, Mark W J ^a   McGrouther, Duncan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Digit; Flexor tendon; Mouse; Perfusion; Tie2 LacZ; Vascular network

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; ANGIOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; COLLAGEN; DEXTRAN; EOSIN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; HEMATOXYLIN; PHALLOIDIN;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRIGHT FIELD MICROSCOPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FINGER; FLEXOR TENDON; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; HISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; RODENT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SYNOVIUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LAC OPERON; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; STAINING AND LABELING; TENDONS; TOES;

MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33749183638     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2006.00625.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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