Breakdown of the blood-brain barrier in murine cerebral malaria

Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 579-589

  Clark, I A ^b   Hunt, N H ^a   Cowden, W B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BLEEDING; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN MALARIA; ETIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HISTOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN EDEMA; EVANS BLUE; MALARIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED A; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; STAINING AND LABELING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023891984     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182000080203     Document Type: Article

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