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En Face Preparation of Mouse Blood Vessels
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Biology
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En Face Preparation of Mouse Blood Vessels
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10:01 min

May 19, 2017

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Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 00:53Left Partial Carotid Artery Ligation
  • 03:29En Face Immunostaining
  • 08:09Results: Representative En Face Immunofluorescent Imaging
  • 09:18Conclusion

Summary

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A procedure for making en face preparations of the mouse carotid artery and aorta is described. Such preparations, when immunofluorescently stained with specific antibodies, enable us to study localization of proteins and identification of cell types within the entire vascular wall by confocal microscopy.

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