Troubleshooting methods: Using intravital microscopy in drug research

Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 102-112

  Hughes, Ellen L ^a   Gavins, Felicity N E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug research; Endothelium; Inflammation; Intravital microscopy; Leukocytes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD VESSEL; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; CELL INTERACTION; CREMASTER MUSCLE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG RESEARCH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INTRAVITAL MICROSCOPY; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; LEUKOCYTE ROLLING; MESENTERY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; REPERFUSION INJURY; SHEAR RATE;

BLOOD VESSELS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHARMACOLOGY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION;

EID: 77950534121     PISSN: 10568719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vascn.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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