Evidence for novel structures (primo vessels and primo nodes) floating in the venous sinuses of rat brains

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 522, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 98-102

  Lee, Ho Sung ^a,b   Park, Won Hee ^c   Je, A Reum ^d   Kweon, Hee Seok ^d   Lee, Byung Cheon ^a,e  

^a Pharmacopuncture Medical Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b SunMoon University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

^e Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acupuncture meridian; Blood clot; Bonghan; Chromium hematoxylin; Primo Vascular System; Venous Sinuses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; BRAIN; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMO NODE; PRIMO VESSEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINUS VENOSUS; STAINING; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSVERSE SINUS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BRAIN; CRANIAL SINUSES; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84863876560     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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