A novel brain neurovascular unit model with neurons, astrocytes and microvascular endothelial cells of rat

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 174-189

  Xue, Qiang ^a,b   Liu, Yang ^a,b   Qi, Hongyi ^a,b   Ma, Qiang ^a,b   Xu, Ling ^a,b   Chen, Weihai ^a   Chen, Gang ^c   Xu, Xiaoyu ^a,b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing Center for Pharmacodynamics Research and Evaluation   (China)

^c CHONGQING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anoxia reoxygenation; Astrocytes; Brain microvascular endothelial cells; Neurons; Neurovascular unit; Triple cell co culture model

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANOXIA-REOXYGENATION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; BRAIN MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROVASCULATURE; NERVE CELL; NEURONS.; NEUROVASCULAR UNIT; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRIPLE CELL CO-CULTURE MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANOXIA-REOXYGENATION; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; NEURONS.; NEUROVASCULAR UNIT; TRIPLE CELL CO-CULTURE MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCEIN; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROVESSELS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84873736834     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.5115     Document Type: Article

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