A novel stretching platform for applications in cell and tissue mechanobiology

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 88, 2014, Pages

  Tremblay, Dominique ^a   Cuerrier, Charles M ^a,b   Andrzejewski, Lukasz ^a   O'Brien, Edward R ^c   Pelling, Andrew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anisotropic; Biaxial; Bioengineering; Cell stretching; Issue 88; Mechanobiology; Nuclear mechanics; Tissue mechanics; Uniaxial

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923256433     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51454     Document Type: Article

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