Density of perfused brain capillaries in the aged rat during the wake-sleep cycle

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-77

  Zoccoli, Giovanna ^a   Lucchi, Maria Luisa ^b   Andreoli, Emanuela ^a   Lenzi, Pierluigi ^a   Franzini, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Dipto di Morfofisiologia Vet e PA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age; Capillary recruitment; Cerebral circulation; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; EVANS BLUE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CAPILLARY DENSITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0033973706     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002219900219     Document Type: Article

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