A slight variation in the age of rats commonly used as a carotid artery injury model results in a large difference in neointima formation

Korean Circulation Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 78-83

  Kwon, Jin Sook ^a   Park, No Kwan ^a   Il, Ha Jeong ^a   Kim, Yu Kyung ^a   Bae, Jang Han ^a   Hwang, Kyung Kuk ^a   Kim, Dong Woon ^a   Cho, Myeong Chan ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aging; Carotid artery injuries; Neointimal formation

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTIMA; MALE; MITOSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; RAT; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 34047247867     PISSN: 17385520     EISSN: 17385555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2007.37.2.78     Document Type: Article

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