Use of flow, electrical, and mechanical stimulation to promote engineering of striated muscles

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1391-1405

  Rangarajan, Swathi ^a   Madden, Lauran ^a   Bursac, Nenad ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomimetic; Bioreactor; Cardiac muscle; Skeletal muscle; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; BIOREACTORS; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; HISTOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CARDIAC MUSCLES; CELLULAR ORGANIZATION; CULTURE CONDITIONS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PATHWAYS; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; METABOLIC DEMANDS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE SUBSTITUTE;

MUSCLE;

TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; BIOPHYSICS; BIOREACTOR; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FLOW; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MUSCLE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; BIOREACTORS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, STRIATED; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84904253318     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-013-0966-4     Document Type: Article

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