Tissue interactions with underlying dura mater inhibit osseous obliteration of developing cranial sutures
Opperman L, Sweeney T, Redmon J, Persing J, Ogle R. Tissue interactions with underlying dura mater inhibit osseous obliteration of developing cranial sutures. Developmental Dynamics 1993, 198: 312-322. PMID: 8130378, DOI: 10.1002/aja.1001980408.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDura materCranial baseRat transplant modelParietal boneCranial suturesTransplant modelTransplanted tissueDay 19Fetal dura materBone growthOsseous obliterationWeeksSutureMaterPatencyBiochemical factorsBiomechanical forcesBiomechanical influenceCoronal sutureBoneTissue interactionsSuture patencyOssificationInitial morphogenesisSkull growth