In situ staining of the primo vascular system in the ventricles and subarachnoid space of the brain by trypan blue injection into the lateral ventricle

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 6, Issue 28, 2011, Pages 2171-2175

  Dai, Jingxing ^a   Lee, Byung Cheon ^b,c   An, Ping ^b   Su, Zhendong ^b   Qu, Rongmei ^a   Eom, Ki Hoon ^b   Soh, Kwang Sup ^b  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Korean Pharmacupuncture Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebral ventricles; Choroid plexus; Fascia; Neural regeneration; Neuroanatomy; Primo vascular system; Trypan blue

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; PHALLOIDIN; TRYPAN BLUE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; FASCIA; HEMISPHERE; IN SITU STAINING; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUADRIGEMINAL CISTERN; RAT; STAINING; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 81755169863     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2011.28.002     Document Type: Article

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