Development of a novel micro tensile tester for single isolated cells and its application to viscoelastic analysis of aortic smooth muscle cells

Biomechanics at Micro- and Nanoscale Levels: Volume I

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 16-25

  Matsumoto, T ^a,b   Sato, J ^a   Yamamoto, M ^a   Sato, M ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CELL CULTURE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; MUSCLE; TENSILE TESTING; VISCOELASTICITY;

AORTIC SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; MICRO TENSILE TESTER; PHYSIOLOGICAL SALT; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SINGLE ISOLATED CELLS; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; VISCOELASTIC ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTIC SOLIDS;

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EID: 84967592282     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812569301_0002     Document Type: Chapter

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