Poly[N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide] polymers diffuse in brain extracellular space with same tortuosity as small molecules

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 542-548

  Prokopova Kubinova S ^a,b   Vargova L ^a,b   Tao, L ^c   Ulbrich, K ^d   Subr V ^d   Sykova E ^a,b   Nicholson, C ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; DEXTRAN; POLYMER; POLY[N (2 HYDROXYPROPYL)METHACRYLAMIDE]; TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CONJUGATION; DIFFUSION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0035132986     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76036-5     Document Type: Article

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