A simple method for observation of capillary nets in rat brain cortex.
By the authors' technic, the profiles of capillaries in rat brain cortex were clearly demonstrated. The capillaries formed complicated nets by sprouting of their finer branches and anastomosing with each other. Further, a kind of perivascular cells with yellow autofluorescent granules was distributed close to capillaries, arterioles or venules. The seemed to be a special form of macrophage in the brain cortex.
D000818:Animals; D002196:Capillaries / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000166:cytology; D007980:Levodopa / Q000097:blood; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods; D051381:Rats
D007980:Levodopa