Primate lens capsule elasticity assessed using Atomic Force Microscopy

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 490-494

  Ziebarth, Noël M ^a,b   Arrieta, Esdras ^b   Feuer, William J ^b   Moy, Vincent T ^c   Manns, Fabrice ^a,b   Parel, Jean Marie ^b,d,e  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atomic Force Microscopy; Lens capsule; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; TRYPSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR LENS CAPSULE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BABOON; CAPSULORHEXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANIMALS; CAPSULORHEXIS; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTIC TISSUE; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPIO;

EID: 79956339717     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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