Nucleus Pulposus
"Nucleus Pulposus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Fibrocartilage inner core of the intervertebral disc. Prolapsed or bulged nucleus pulposus leads to INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT while proliferation of cells in the nucleus pulposus is associated with INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION.
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D000070614
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.165.308.410.500 A02.835.232.834.432.500 A10.165.382.350.050.500
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| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nucleus Pulposus" by people in Profiles.
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Muir VG, Fainor M, Orozco BS, Hilliard RL, Boyes M, Smith HE, Mauck RL, Schaer TP, Burdick JA, Gullbrand SE. Injectable Radiopaque Hyaluronic Acid Granular Hydrogels for Intervertebral Disc Repair. Adv Healthc Mater. 2024 Oct; 13(25):e2303326.
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Perez-Cruet M, Beeravolu N, McKee C, Brougham J, Khan I, Bakshi S, Chaudhry GR. Potential of Human Nucleus Pulposus-Like Cells Derived From Umbilical Cord to Treat Degenerative Disc Disease. Neurosurgery. 2019 01 01; 84(1):272-283.