A novel model for the study of synovial microcirculation in the mouse knee joint in vivo

Research in Experimental Medicine

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-54

  Veihelmann, Andreas ^a   Szczesny, Grzegorz ^a   Nolte, Dirk ^a   Krombach, Fritz ^a   Refior, Hans Jürgen ^a   Messmer, Konrad ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Intravital microscopy; Joint inflammation; Microcirculation; Synovium

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE DEXTRAN; RHODAMINE 6G;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; JOINT CAPSULE; KNEE; LEUKOCYTE; MICROCIRCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; STAINING; SYNOVIOCYTE; SYNOVIUM; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VENULE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; FEMALE; KNEE JOINT; LEUKOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 0031815550     PISSN: 03009130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004330050088     Document Type: Article

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