Prolonged upright posture induces degenerative changes in intervertebral discs of rat cervical spine

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Liang, Qian Qian ^a   Cui, Xue Jun ^a   Xi, Zhi Jie ^a   Bian, Qin ^a   Hou, Wei ^a   Zhao, Yong Jian ^a   Shi, Qi ^a   Wang, Yong Jun ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

animal model; cervical intervertebral disc; Degeneration; extracellular matrix

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; AGGRECANASE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 10; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGENASE 3; STROMELYSIN;

AMPUTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FORELIMB; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR SPINE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION;

ADAM PROTEINS; AGGRECANS; AMPUTATION; ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COLLAGEN TYPE II; COLLAGEN TYPE X; FORELIMB; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 13; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 3; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTURE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78751567837     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181d2dec2     Document Type: Article

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