Quantification of the mechanical behavior of carotid arteries from wild-type, dystrophin-deficient, and sarcoglycan-δ knockout mice

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 3213-3218

  Gleason, Rudolph L ^a   Dye, Wendy W ^b   Wilson, Emily ^c   Humphrey, Jay D ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Texas A and M University   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensatory adaptations; Constitutive relation; Muscular dystrophy; Vascular mechanics; Wall stress

Indexed keywords

DELTA SARCOGLYCAN; DYSTROPHIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY STRESS; GENOTYPE; MOUSE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DYSTROPHIN; ELASTIC MODULUS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; SARCOGLYCANS; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 55549124166     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.08.012     Document Type: Article

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