The collagenic architecture of human dura mater: Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1723-1730

  Protasoni, Marina ^a   Sangiorgi, Simone ^a   Cividini, Andrea ^a   Culuvaris, Gloria Tiffany ^a   Tomei, Giustino ^a   Dell'Orbo, Carlo ^a   Raspanti, Mario ^a   Balbi, Sergio ^a   Reguzzoni, Marcella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collagen fiber; Dura mater; Othani maceration protocol; Scanning electron microscope

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ARACHNOID; ARTICLE; BONE SURFACE LAYER; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; DURA MATER; EXTERNAL MEDIAN LAYER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL MEDIAN LAYER; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UVEA CIRCULATION;

COLLAGEN; DURA MATER; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

EID: 79957981732     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.12.JNS101732     Document Type: Article

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