Primo-vessels and Primo-nodes in Rat Brain, Spine and Sciatic Nerve

JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-115

  Lee, Byung Cheon ^a,b   Eom, Ki Hoon ^a   Soh, Kwang Sup ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Research Center of Pharmacopuncture Medicine Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

arachnoid mater; brain; primo node (Bonghan corpuscle); primo vessel (Bonghan duct); sciatic nerve; spinal cord; Trypan blue

Indexed keywords

TRYPAN BLUE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN; BRAIN ARACHNOID; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIA; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIMO NODE; PRIMO VESSEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; STAINING; STEREOMICROSCOPY; ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL; BRAIN LEVEL; CHEMISTRY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VASCULARIZATION;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; MALE; MERIDIANS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; STAINING AND LABELING; TRYPAN BLUE;

EID: 77953314621     PISSN: 20052901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2005-2901(10)60020-9     Document Type: Article

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