Primary cultures of brain microvessel endothelial cells: A valid and flexible model to study drug transport through the blood-brain barrier in vitro

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 248-256

  Franke, Helmut ^a   Galla, Hans Joachim ^a   Beuckmann, Carsten T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Permeability; Porcine; Retinoids; Transport

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CAPILLARY; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG TRANSPORT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CAPILLARIES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; COLLAGEN; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINOIDS; SWINE;

EID: 0033949264     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(00)00020-9     Document Type: Article

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