Muscle on a chip: In vitro contractility assays for smooth and striated muscle

Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 126-135

  Grosberg, Anna ^a   Nesmith, Alexander P ^a   Goss, Josue A ^a   Brigham, Mark D ^a   McCain, Megan L ^a   Parker, Kevin Kit ^a  

^a HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assay; Contractility; In vitro; Micropatterning; Muscular micro devices; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CELL CULTURE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LAB ON A CHIP; MATERIAL COATING; MICROFLUIDICS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELLS, CULTURED; DRUG DISCOVERY; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; MUSCLE CELLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84861482079     PISSN: 10568719     EISSN: 1873488X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vascn.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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