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  • noun biochemistry A technique in which a short length of dialysis membrane is introduced into a biological tissue in order to collect samples of fluid for analysis.

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Examples

  • Researchers led by David Holtzman, a neurologist and neuroscientist at Washington University in St. Louis, used a method called microdialysis to measure the levels of a protein known as amyloid-beta in the fluid between brain cells of mice.

    U.S. News 2009

  • Researchers led by David Holtzman, a neurologist and neuroscientist at Washington University in St. Louis, used a method called microdialysis to measure the levels of a protein known as amyloid-beta in the fluid between brain cells of mice.

    Signs of the Times 2009

  • Demonstration of UV-B-induced synthesis of 1alpha, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D (3) (calcitriol) in human skin by microdialysis.

    Potential impacts of direct mechanisms of climate change on human health in the Arctic 2009

  • Cerebral microdialysis was used to investigate the influence of arterial blood and brain glucose on cerebral glucose, lactate, pyruvate, glutamate, and calculated indices of downstream metabolism.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Roman Meierhans 2010

  • In twenty TBI patients, microdialysis catheters inserted in the edematous frontal lobe were dialyzed at 1 mul/min, collecting samples at 60 minute intervals.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Roman Meierhans 2010

  • The ocular pharmacokinetics of FB was determined using microdialysis.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Shun Han 2010

  • PsychoGenics announces alliance with experimental neuropharmacology expert for specialized microdialysis services

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010

  • VigiCell will represent NoAb's extensive expertise in the field of DMPK and in particular, its suite of in vivo BBB penetration services, including serial CSF collection, and microdialysis.

    BioSpace.com Featured News and Stories 2010

  • The samples were collected by a microdialysis probe implanted in close proximity to the Zusanli point.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Nanna Goldman 2010

  • Moreover, when we assessed the extracellular serotonin release in the ventral hippocampus in freely moving rats through in vivo microdialysis, it was shown that the blockade of the CRF

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Yu Ohmura 2010

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