Evaluation of the effects of electrical stimulation on cartilage repair in adult male rats

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 275-281

  Zuzzi, Denise Cristina ^a   Ciccone, Carla de Campos ^a   Neves, Lia Mara Grosso ^a   Mendonça, Josué Sampaio ^a   Joazeiro, Paulo Pinto ^b   Esquisatto, Marcelo Augusto Marretto ^a  

^a CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO HERMÍNIO OMETTO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adult rats; Electrotherapy; Extracellular matrix; Hyaline cartilage; Tissue repair

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL COUNT; CHONDROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FIBROBLAST; HYALINE CARTILAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84878113489     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: 15323072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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