Focal delivery of neurotrophins into the central nervous system using fluorescent latex microspheres

BioTechniques

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 928-937

  Riddle, David R ^a   Katz, Lawrence C ^b   Lo, Donald C ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; LATEX; MICROSPHERE; NEUROTROPHIN;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN TARGETING; RAT; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030679760     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/97235rr02     Document Type: Article

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