1995
Repair of critical size rat calvarial defects using extracellular matrix protein gels.
Sweeney T, Opperman L, Persing J, Ogle R. Repair of critical size rat calvarial defects using extracellular matrix protein gels. Journal Of Neurosurgery 1995, 83: 710-5. PMID: 7545744, DOI: 10.3171/jns.1995.83.4.0710.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1994
In the Absence of Periosteum, Transplanted Fetal and Neonatal Rat Coronal Sutures Resist Osseous Obliteration
Opperman L, Persing J, Sheen R, Ogle R. In the Absence of Periosteum, Transplanted Fetal and Neonatal Rat Coronal Sutures Resist Osseous Obliteration. Journal Of Craniofacial Surgery 1994, 5: 327-332. PMID: 7833415, DOI: 10.1097/00001665-199411000-00012.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1993
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