Imaging pericytes and capillary diameter in brain slices and isolated retinae

Nature Protocols

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 323-336

  Mishra, Anusha ^a   O'Farrell, Fergus M ^a   Reynell, Clare ^a   Hamilton, Nicola B ^a   Hall, Catherine N ^a   Attwell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BLOOD-RETINAL BARRIER; BRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; MICROVESSELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERICYTES;

EID: 84893251053     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2014.019     Document Type: Article

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