Brain extracellular space as a diffusion barrier

Computing and Visualization in Science

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 309-325

  Nicholson, Charles ^a   Kamali Zare, Padideh ^a   Tao, Lian ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; BODY FLUIDS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MOLECULES; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

DIFFUSION PROPERTIES; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GEOMETRICAL CONFIGURATIONS; GEOMETRICAL CONSTRAINTS; OPTICAL IMAGING METHOD; PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE;

DIFFUSION BARRIERS;

EID: 84871745687     PISSN: 14329360     EISSN: 14330369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00791-012-0185-9     Document Type: Article

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