Inhibition of vertebral endplate perfusion results in decreased intervertebral disc intranuclear diffusive transport

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 211, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 769-774

  Van Der Werf, Marije ^a,b   Lezuo, Patrick ^a   Maissen, Otto ^a   Van Donkelaar, Corrinus C ^b   Ito, Keita ^a,b  

^a AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Endplate; Intervertebral disc; Perfusion; Sheep

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; HISTOLOGY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LUMBAR DISK; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SOLUTE; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; TISSUE PERFUSION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DIFFUSION; GROWTH PLATE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PERFUSION; SHEEP; SPINAL DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 36549079657     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00816.x     Document Type: Article

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