Relationship between solute transport properties and tissue morphology in human annulus fibrosus

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1625-1630

  Travascio, Francesco ^a   Jackson, Alicia R ^a   Brown, Mark D ^b   Gu, Wei Yong ^a  

^a University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM); Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP); Intervertebral disc; Microscopy (SEM)

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; FLUORESCEIN;

ANISOTROPY; ANNULUS FIBROSUS; ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MICROTUBULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SOLUTE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; WATER CONTENT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CATTLE; COLLAGEN; DIFFUSION; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROTUBULES; MIDDLE AGED; WATER;

EID: 72049085584     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20927     Document Type: Article

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