The plantaris tendon in association with mid-portion achilles tendinosis - Tendinosis-like morphological features and presence of a non-neuronal cholinergic system

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 623-632

  Spang, Christoph ^a   Alfredson, Håkan ^a   Ferguson, Mark ^b   Roos, Beverley ^b   Bagge, Johan ^a   Forsgren, Sture ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Centre for Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Choline acetyltransferase; Cholinergic; Plantaris tendon; Tendinopathy; Tenocyte morphology

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDINITIS; TENDON; YOUNG ADULT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDINOPATHY; TENDONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877143239     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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