Tissue and cellular morphological changes in growth plate explants under compression

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2582-2588

  Amini, Samira ^a,b   Veilleux, Daniel ^a   Villemure, Isabelle ^a,b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bulk strain; Chondrocytes; Compression; Confocal microscopy; Fluorescent labeling; Growth plate; Three dimensional morphology

Indexed keywords

BULK STRAIN; CHONDROCYTES; COMPRESSION; FLUORESCENT LABELING; GROWTH PLATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL MORPHOLOGY;

BODY FLUIDS; BONE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; STRAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BIOMECHANICS;

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELL VOLUME; CHONDROCYTE HYPERTROPHY; CHONDROCYTE MAJOR RADIUS; CHONDROCYTE MINOR RADIUS; CHONDROCYTE SPHERICITY; CHONDROCYTE SURFACE AREA; COMPRESSION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLANT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH PLATE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SWINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE STRUCTURE; ULNA;

ANIMALS; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CHONDROCYTES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GROWTH PLATE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PRESSURE; SWINE; ULNA;

EID: 77956396635     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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