Vibroacoustic disease: Biological effects of infrasound and low-frequency noise explained by mechanotransduction cellular signalling

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 256-279

  Alves Pereira, Mariana ^a   Castelo Branco, Nuno A A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^b Center for Human Performance   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Actin; Collagen; Extra cellular matrix; Tensegrity; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; SOUND; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; SOUND; VIBRATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33751524342     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2006.07.011     Document Type: Review

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