Article
Age-related modification of average volume and anisotropy of vascular smooth muscle cells.
Pathology, research and practice - 1 Jun 1992
Mauriello A, Orlandi A, Palmieri G, Spagnoli L G, Oberholzer M, Christen H
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to determine what changes in the arterial wall are related to age. In two groups of rabbits, one young and one adult, the aorta and carotid were studied using a morphometric approach based on stereological axioms and planimetric morphometry. The problem of anisotropy of smooth muscle cells is discussed in detail. Two forms of anisotropy must be distinguished, that of single cell and that...
Topics
- Aging
- Animals
- Anisotropy
- Aorta
- Carotid Arteries
- Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
- Microscopy, Electron
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
- Phenotype
- Rabbits