Mouse lens stiffness measurements

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 300-307

  Baradia, Hussein ^a   Nikahd, Negin ^a   Glasser, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Aging; Force; Lens stiffness; Presbyopia

Indexed keywords

LENS TRANS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENS; LENS DISEASE; LENS STIFFNESS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PRESBYOPIA; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77954959179     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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