Dynamic structure of glomerular capillary loop as revealed by an in vivo cryotechnique

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 427, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 519-527

  Ohno, Shmichi ^a   Terada, Nobuo ^a   Fujii, Yasuhisa ^a   Ucda, Hicleho ^a   Takayama, Ichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Deep etching; Freeze substitution; Glomerulus; Quick freezing

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; GLOMERULUS CAPILLARY; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CAPILLARIES; FREEZE ETCHING; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS;

EID: 0029553995     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00199513     Document Type: Article

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