A chronic scheme of cranial window preparation to study pial vascular reactivity in murine cerebral malaria

Microcirculation

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 394-404

  Ong, Peng Kai ^a   Meays, Diana ^a   Frangos, John A ^a   Carvalho, Leonardo J M ^a,b  

^a LA JOLLA BIOENGINEERING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebroarteriolar responses; Cranial window superfusion; Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Experimental cerebral malaria; Plasmodium berghei ANKA

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BONE GRAFT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MALARIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL WINDOW IMPLANTATION; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PIA ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SURGICAL INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE NECROSIS;

CEREBROARTERIOLAR RESPONSES; CRANIAL WINDOW SUPERFUSION; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; EXPERIMENTAL CEREBRAL MALARIA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI ANKA;

ANIMALS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; SKULL;

EID: 84880255152     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: 15498719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/micc.12034     Document Type: Article

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