title: Age dependency of nanosecond fluorescence characteristics in human arteries.
abstract: Human arteries fluoresce as a result of illumination by UV-light. The fluorescence characteristics of the human aorta and basilar artery were investigated with respect to aging. For this experiment, a time-resolved microscope fluorometer was employed. Resultant fluorescence decayed on a nanosecond scale when applying pulse UV-light. These fluorescences were found to be age dependent in the basilar artery; the fluorescence decay time decreased with increasing human age. However, fluorescence from the aorta did not show the age dependency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tokushima, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tohno
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001011:Aorta / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D002102:Cadaver; D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005453:Fluorescence; D005470:Fluorometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium