A strain-cue hypothesis for biological network formation

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 8, Issue 56, 2011, Pages 377-394

  Cox, Brian N ^a  

^a TELEDYNE SCIENTIFIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Morphogenesis; Nervous network; Strain stimulus; Symmetry breaking

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; MORPHOLOGY;

ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS; AMELOGENESIS; ANGIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL NETWORKS; BRANCH FORMATION; CELL POPULATIONS; CONTROL NETWORK; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; GEOMETRICAL FEATURES; HOST CELLS; HOST MEDIUMS; LOCAL STRAIN FIELD; MODEL ASSUMPTIONS; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVOUS NETWORK; NETWORK CHARACTERISTICS; NETWORK STRUCTURES; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; RATE OF RELAXATION; STRAIN FIELDS; STRAIN GRADIENTS; STRAIN MAGNITUDE; SYMMETRY-BREAKING; VASCULAR NETWORK;

STRAIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HOST CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79251484963     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2010.0262     Document Type: Review

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