Evidence of sympathetic innervation and α1-adrenergic receptors of the long head of the biceps brachii tendon

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 238-244

  Tosounidis, Theodoros ^a   Hadjileontis, Constantine ^b   Triantafyllou, Christos ^c   Sidiropoulou, Varvara ^a   Kafanas, Antonios ^b   Kontakis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b General District Hospital of Serres   (Greece)

^c Informatics Centre of Secondary Education   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHRONIC BICEPS TENDINOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LONG HEAD OF THE BICEPS BRACHII TENDON; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; TENDINITIS; TENDON; TENDON CELL;

EID: 84879687411     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: 14362023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-012-0346-1     Document Type: Article

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