What antibody do you recommend for the measurement of BBB integrity?

Orlando Torres-Rodríguez @Orlando_Torres-Rodriguez

11 November 2018 1 4K Report

We are looking for a working antibody to measure blood-brain-barrier integrity in rats. For those of you who had worked or measure BBB in rodents, do you have any suggestions? I would be more than grateful. Thanks in advance.

Mojtaba Ziaee

Please look at this paper:

Blood-brain barrier disruption and enhanced vascular permeability in the multiple sclerosis model EAE

J. Neuroimmunol., 229 (2010), pp. 180-191

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