In vivo imaging of the cerebral endothelial glycocalyx in mice

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 59-67

  Yoon, Jin Hui ^a   Lee, Eek Sung ^a   Jeong, Yong ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebral endothelial glycocalyx; Two photon laser scanning microscope; Wheat germ agglutinin lectin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN VEIN; CEREBRAL ENDOTHELIAL GLYCOCALYX; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLYCOCALYX; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; VENULE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; CAPILLARY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; PROCEDURES; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE-WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ; TEXAS RED; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ; XANTHENE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CAPILLARIES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL VEINS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; GLYCOCALYX; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; VENULES; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS; XANTHENES;

EID: 85017173355     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: 14230135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000457799     Document Type: Article

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