Ultrastructure of the blood-brain barrier in the rabbit

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 149-161

  Sedlakova, R ^a   Shivers, R R ^a   Del Maestro, R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Freeze fracture; Rabbit; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CAPILLARY; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZE FRACTURE; MALE; PINOCYTOSIS; RABBIT; TIGHT JUNCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CAPILLARIES; CELL MEMBRANE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FREEZE FRACTURING; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PINOCYTOSIS; RABBITS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 0032618445     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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