Compartmentalized coculture of rat brain endothelial cells and astrocytes: A syngenic model to study the blood-brain barrier

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-31

  Demeuse, Ph ^a   Kerkhofs, A ^a   Struys Ponsar, C ^a   Knoops, B ^a   Remacle, C ^a   Van Den Bosch De Aguilar, Ph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Blood brain barrier; Coculture; In vitro model; Primary cell culture; Rat brain microvessel endothelium

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CELL; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL CONTACT; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MONOCULTURE; NONHUMAN; PINOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MICROPORE FILTERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS;

EID: 0037111019     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(02)00225-X     Document Type: Article

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