Impedance analysis of epithelial and endothelial cell monolayers cultured on gold surfaces

Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 151-170

  Wegener, Joachim ^a   Sieber, Manfred ^a   Galla, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Blood cerebrospinal fluid barrier; Impedance analysis; Non permeable support; Tight junction; Tissue culture; Transepithelial electrical resistance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL CULTURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMPEDANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TIGHT JUNCTION; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 0030578217     PISSN: 0165022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-022X(96)00005-X     Document Type: Article

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