Zebrafish as a Model for Hemorrhagic Stroke

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 105, Issue , 2011, Pages 137-161

  Butler, Matthew G ^a   Gore, Aniket V ^a   Weinstein, Brant M ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood vessel; Endothelial cell; Hemorrhagic; Homeostasis; Ischemia; Stroke

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053198650     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-381320-6.00006-0     Document Type: Chapter

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