High resolution quantitation of microvascular plasma perfusion in non-ischemic and ischemic rat brain by laser-scanning confocal microscopy

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-191

  Morris, Daniel C ^a   Zhang, Zhenggang ^a   Davies, Kenneth ^a   Fenstermacher, Joseph ^a   Chopp, Michael ^a,b  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Cerebral plasma perfusion; Confocal microscopy; Rat; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RAT; STROKE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COLORING AGENTS; DEXTRANS; EVANS BLUE; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032841978     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(99)00020-3     Document Type: Article

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