Microiontophoresis and micromanipulation for intravital fluorescence imaging of the microcirculation

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 52, 2011, Pages

  Bagher, Pooneh ^a   Polo Parada, Luis ^a,b   Segal, Steven S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 80355135213     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2900     Document Type: Article

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