Biomechanical phenotyping of central arteries in health and disease: Advantages of and methods for murine models

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1311-1330

  Ferruzzi, J ^a   Bersi, M R ^a   Humphrey, J D ^a,b  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biaxial testing; Linearized properties; Mouse; Stiffness; Strain energy; Stress

Indexed keywords

BIAXIAL TESTING; BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; LINEARIZED PROPERTIES; MOUSE; PATHOLOGICAL PROCESS;

LINEARIZATION; MAMMALS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRAIN ENERGY; STRESSES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL; ARTERY; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; MOUSE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MICE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84879419820     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-013-0799-1     Document Type: Article

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