In situ demonstration of fluoro-turquoise conjugated gelatin for visualizing brain vasculature and endothelial cells and their characterization in normal and kainic acid exposed animals

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 276-284

  Sarkar, Sumit ^a   Raymick, James ^b   Paule, Merle G ^a   Schmued, Larry ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Toxicologic Pathology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood vessel; Blood brain barrier; Endothelial cell; Fluorescent dextran; Fluoro Turquoise; FT gel; Kainic acid

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; DEXTRAN; FLUORESCENT DYE; GELATIN; INDIAN INK; KAINIC ACID; LECTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE; FOREBRAIN; HEART PERFUSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; SUBTHALAMUS; THALAMUS;

BLOOD VESSEL; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; ENDOTHELIAL CELL; FLUORESCENT DEXTRAN; FLUORO-TURQUOISE; FT-GEL; KAINIC ACID;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONVULSANTS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GELATIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAINIC ACID; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84883538891     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2013.07.020     Document Type: Article

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