Fluorescence spectroscopy and birefringence of molecular changes in maturing rat tail tendon

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Korol, Renee M ^a,b   Finlay, Helen M ^a   Josseau, Melanie J ^a   Lucas, Alexandra R ^a,b   Canham, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Collagen; Cross linking; Elastin; Fluorescence; Tissue remodeling

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COLLAGEN; CROSSLINKING; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; TENDONS;

LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE (LIF) SPECTROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; POLARIZING MICROSCOPY; RAT TAIL TENDON; TISSUE REMODELING;

TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REFRACTOMETRY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TAIL; TENDON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WISTAR RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIREFRINGENCE; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFRACTOMETRY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TAIL; TENDONS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34250622360     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2714055     Document Type: Article

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