The pecten oculi of the chicken as a new in vivo model of the blood-brain barrier

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-100

  Gerhardt, Holger ^a   Liebner, Stefan ^a   Wolburg, Hartwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Chicken (White Leghorn); Freeze fracture; GluT 1; HT7 antigen; Lanthanum; Pecten oculi; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CHICKEN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CHICKENS; COLORING AGENTS; FREEZE FRACTURING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RETINAL VESSELS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; PECTEN;

EID: 0030018355     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050624     Document Type: Article

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