Ex vivo method for high resolution imaging of cilia motility in rodent airway epithelia

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 78, 2013, Pages

  Francis, Richard ^a   Lo, Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Anatomy; Animal experimentation; Animal model; Biomedical engineering; Cellular biology; Ciliary motility disorders; Developmental biology; Fluorescence; Interference; Issue 78; Microscopy; Molecular biology; Mucociliary clearance; Physiology; Polarization; Respiratory mucosa; Trachea; Video

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881530605     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/50343     Document Type: Article

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