Long-term observation of pial microcirculatory parameters using an implanted cranial window method in the rat

In Vivo

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 471-480

  Masuda, Hiroshi ^a   Ushiyama, Akira ^a   Hirota, Shogo ^a   Lawlor, George F ^a   Ohkubo, Chiyoji ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Cerebral microcirculation; Closed cranial window; Leukocyte behavior; Long term observation

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN SODIUM; MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRAVASATION; IMPLANTATION; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PIA ARTERY; RAT; VENULE;

EID: 34250181650     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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