Initial application of EPIC-μCT to assess mouse articular cartilage morphology and composition: Effects of aging and treadmill running

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 887-895

  Kotwal, N ^a   Li, J ^a   Sandy, J ^a   Plaas, A ^a   Sumner, D R ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Articular cartilage; CECT; EPIC CT; Morphometry; Mouse; Proteoglycan content

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; IOXAGLIC ACID; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE 4 SULFATASE;

ACCURACY; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME RELEASE; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMUR; FREEZING; HISTOLOGY; INCUBATION TIME; JOINT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; X RAY;

AGING; ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMUR; HINDLIMB; IOXAGLIC ACID; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RUNNING; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84863003331     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: 15229653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2012.04.012     Document Type: Article

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