Confocal laser scanning fluorescence microscopy of intact unfixed rat lungs

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-77

  Pohl, Roderike ^a   Kramer, Paul A ^a   Thrall, Roger S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

6 Carboxyfluorescein; Alveolar epithelial cells; Pulmonary disposition; Rhodamine B

Indexed keywords

6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; RHODAMINE B;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DRUG DISPOSITION; DRUG TRANSPORT; EPITHELIUM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRATRACHEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LASER MICROSCOPY; LUNG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TISSUE PREPARATION; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0032496633     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5173(98)00081-7     Document Type: Article

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