Fibre optic confocal imaging (FOCI) of keratinocytes, blood vessels and nerves in hairless mouse skin in vivo

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 187-194

  Bussau, L J ^a   Vo, L T ^a   Delaney, P M ^a   Papworth, G D ^a   Barkla, D H ^a   King, R G ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dermal blood vessels; Dermal nerve fibres; Fluorescent imaging; Laser scanning confocal microscopy; Skin imaging

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE DEXTRAN; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CIRCULATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOLOGY; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN; STRATUM CORNEUM; TISSUE GROWTH; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0031778298     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878297003178     Document Type: Article

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