Measurement of flow speed in the channels of novel threadlike structures on the surfaces of mammalian organs

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-124

  Sung, Baeckkyoung ^a   Kim, Min Su ^a   Lee, Byung Cheon ^a   Yoo, Jung Sun ^a   Lee, Sang Hee ^b   Kim, Youn Joong ^b   Kim, Ki Woo ^a   Soh, Kwang Sup ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Alcian blue; Bonghan duct (BHD) and corpuscle (BHC); Circulation; Cryo scanning electron microscopy (cryo SEM); Flow; High voltage electron microscopy (HVEM); Novel threadlike structure (NTS)

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW MODELING; FLOW VELOCITY; LAGOMORPH; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RODENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BONGHAN DUCT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NOVEL THREADLIKE STRUCTURE; ORGAN CULTURE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALCIAN BLUE; ANIMALS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; RABBITS; RATS; SKIN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THORAX;

MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS;

EID: 38049059976     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0300-9     Document Type: Article

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