Impedance-based cell monitoring: Barrier properties and beyond

Fluids and Barriers of the CNS

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Benson, Kathrin ^a   Cramer, Sandra ^a   Galla, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barrier forming cells; Blood brain barrier; Electrical resistance; Endothelium; Epithelium; Impedance spectroscopy; TEER

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; FLUORESCENT DYE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; SUCROSE;

ABSORPTION; AORTA; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSPORT; CYTOLYSIS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PERICYTE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSEPITHELIAL ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE; VOLTOHMETER;

EID: 84873415685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20458118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-8118-10-5     Document Type: Review

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