A novel microscope system for time-lapse observation of corneal cells in a living mouse

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 591-597

  Maurice, D M ^a   Zhao, J ^a   Nagasaki, T ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornea; Fluorescence; Keratocytes; Microscopy; Technique; Time lapse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA CELL; DEVICE; EXPERIMENT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MICROSCOPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME;

EID: 0842288658     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4835(03)00210-0     Document Type: Article

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