Zebrafish Model of the Blood-Brain Barrier: Morphological and Permeability Studies

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 686, Issue , 2011, Pages 371-378

  Eliceiri, Brian P ^a   Gonzalez, Ana Maria ^b   Baird, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood vessel; Blood brain barrier; Drug screening; Genetic analyses; Vascular permeability; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; METABOLISM; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PERMEABILITY; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 79951882202     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-938-3_18     Document Type: Chapter

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