Analysis of cell death and vertebral end plate bone mineral density in the annulus of the aging sand rat

Spine Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 475-481

  Gruber, Helen E ^a   Gordon, Brian ^b   Norton, H James ^a   Kilburn, Jeremy ^a   Williams, Cliff ^a   Zinchenko, Natalia ^a   Heath, Jessica ^a   Ingram, Jane ^a   Hanley Jr , Edward N ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Cell death; Disc degeneration; Vertebral end plate

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCHROME;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CALCIFICATION; CELL ASSAY; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; X RAY FILM;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGING; ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; CELL DEATH; GERBILLINAE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RATS; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 42949104599     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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