Demonstrating cerebral vascular networks: A comparison of methods for the teaching laboratory

Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Ramos, Raddy L ^a   Smith, Phoebe T ^b   Croll, Susan D ^a   Brumberg, Joshua C ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Neurovascular unit; Perivascular cells, blood vessels

Indexed keywords

EID: 52249118369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15442896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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