Retro-orbital injection of FITC-dextran is an effective and economical method for observing mouse retinal vessels

Molecular Vision

Volumn 17, Issue , 2011, Pages 3566-3573

  Li, Shiqing ^a   Li, Tao ^a   Luo, Yan ^a   Yu, Honghua ^a   Sun, Yuying ^a   Zhou, Huanjiao ^a   Liang, Xiaoling ^a   Huang, Juan ^a   Tang, Shibo ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE DEXTRAN; OXYGEN;

AMBIENT AIR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINOPATHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJECTIONS, INTRAOCULAR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR IMAGING; OXYGEN; PERFUSION; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84862936756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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