Three-dimensional confocal analysis of microglia/macrophage markers of polarization in experimental brain injury

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 79, 2013, Pages

  Perego, Carlo ^a   Fumagalli, Stefano ^a   De Simoni, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a Department of Neuroscience   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative activation; Anatomy; Animal model; Animal models; Biology (general); Biomedical engineering; Brain; Brain injury; Cellular biology; Central nervous system diseases; Clinical techniques; Confocal microscopy; Imaging; Immunology; Inflammation; Issue 79; Life sciences; Medicine; Molecular biology; Mouse; Neurobiology; Neurodegenerative diseases; Neuroscience; Physiology; Stroke; Three dimensional imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884194382     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/50605     Document Type: Article

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