A simple method to fluorescently label pericytes in the CNS and skeletal muscle

Microvascular Research

Volumn 89, Issue , 2013, Pages 164-168

  Edwards, Ian J ^a   Singh, Mukti ^a   Morris, Sebastian ^a   Osborne, Lydia ^a   Le Ruez, Tom ^a   Fuad, Mustapha ^a   Deuchars, Susan A ^a   Deuchars, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROGOLD; ISOLECTIN B4; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE; HEART PERICYTE; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KIDNEY PERICYTE; LUNG PERICYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE FIXATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

MUS; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS; PERICYTES; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883195325     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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