Estimating Young's modulus of zona pellucida by micropipette aspiration in combination with theoretical models of ovum

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue 45, 2010, Pages 687-694

  Khalilian, Morteza ^a   Navidbakhsh, Mahdi ^a   Valojerdi, Mojtaba Rezazadeh ^b,c   Chizari, Mahmoud ^d   Yazdi, Poopak Eftekhari ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Micropipette aspiration; Ovum; Young's modulus; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MAMMALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

BEFORE AND AFTER; BI-LAYER; BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; HALF-SPACE; LAYERED GEOMETRY; LAYERED MODEL; MAMMALIAN OOCYTES; MICROPIPETTE ASPIRATION; MICROPIPETTE ASPIRATION TECHNIQUES; MODELLING METHOD; PHYSICAL HARDNESS; SHELL MODELS; THEORETICAL MODELS; YOUNG'S MODULUS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ELASTICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FOLLICULAR ASPIRATION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MICROPIPETTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; YOUNG MODULUS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77950843162     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0380     Document Type: Article

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