Substance P accelerates hypercellularity and angiogenesis in tendon tissue and enhances paratendinitis in response to Achilles tendon overuse in a tendinopathy model

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1017-1022

  Andersson, Gustav ^a   Backman, Ludvig J ^a   Scott, Alexander ^b,c   Lorentzon, Ronny ^a   Forsgren, Sture ^a   Danielson, Patrik ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; SUBSTANCE P;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; FEMALE; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; RABBIT; RANDOMIZATION; TENDINITIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; SUBSTANCE P; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 80052965845     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2010.082750     Document Type: Article

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