Real-time in vivo imaging of fungal migration to the central nervous system

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1819-1827

  Shi, Meiqing ^a   Calaruso, Pina ^b   Mody, Christopher H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD FLOW; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FUNGAL CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMAGING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 84869862930     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12027     Document Type: Article

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