Neuropeptide and catecholamine effects on tenocytes in tendinosis development : studies on two model systems with focus on proliferation and apoptosis

Background: Achilles tendinopathy is a common clinical syndrome of chronic Achilles tendon pain combined with thickening of the tendon and impaired tendon function. Tendinopathy is often, but not always, induced by mechanical overload, and is frequently accompanied by abnormalities at the tissue lev...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Backman, Ludvig
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Anatomi 2013
Subjects:
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-70193
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7459-633-5 (Print)
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7459-634-2 (PDF)