Quantification of the endothelial surface glycocalyx on rat and mouse blood vessels

Microvascular Research

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 337-346

  Yen, Wan Yi ^a   Cai, Bin ^a   Zeng, Min ^a   Tarbell, John M ^a   Fu, Bingmei M ^a  

^a City University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAPILLARY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CREMASTER MUSCLE; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; GLYCOCALYX; MALE; MESENTERY BLOOD VESSEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SURFACE GLYCOCALYX LAYER; THICKNESS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VENULE;

ANIMALS; AORTA; ARTERIOLES; BLOOD VESSELS; CAPILLARIES; FEMALE; GLYCOCALYX; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PERFUSION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 84859508552     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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