A Novel In Vitro Model to Study Pericytes in the Neurovascular Unit of the Developing Cortex

Christoph M. Zehendner; Hannah E. Wedler; Heiko J. Luhmann

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0081637

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A Novel In Vitro Model to Study Pericytes in the Neurovascular Unit of the Developing Cortex

Christoph M. Zehendner ,

* E-mail: Zehendner@uni-mainz.de

Affiliation Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
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Hannah E. Wedler ,

¶This work contains the M.D. thesis of Hanna E. Wedler

Affiliation Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
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Heiko J. Luhmann

Affiliation Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
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A Novel In Vitro Model to Study Pericytes in the Neurovascular Unit of the Developing Cortex

Christoph M. Zehendner,
Hannah E. Wedler,
Heiko J. Luhmann

Published: November 21, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081637

About the Authors

Christoph M. Zehendner

* E-mail: Zehendner@uni-mainz.de

Affiliation Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany

Hannah E. Wedler

¶This work contains the M.D. thesis of Hanna E. Wedler

Affiliation Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany

Heiko J. Luhmann

Affiliation Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMZ. Performed the experiments: CMZ HEW. Analyzed the data: CMZ HEW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CMZ HJL. Wrote the manuscript: CMZ HJL.

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