Osmotic properties of Limulus seawaters and organ cultures: An unrecognized issue

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-105

  Lim Kessler, Corrinne C M ^a   Bolbecker, Amanda R ^b   Li, Jia ^c   Wasserman, Gerald S ^c,d  

^a MONMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infusion; Organ culture; Perfusion; Tonicity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMERSION; LIMULUS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; OSMOLALITY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; TISSUE PERFUSION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; EYE; HORSESHOE CRABS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OSMOSIS; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; SEAWATER;

EID: 39449127978     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523808080115     Document Type: Article

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