An NBD derivative of the selective rat toxicant norbormide as a new probe for living cell imaging.

• Main Authors: Claudio D'amore (Author), Genny Orso (Author), Fabio Fusi (Author), Mario Angelo Pagano (Author), Giovanni Miotto (Author), Alessia Forgiarini (Author), Sara De Martin (Author), Giulia Castellani (Author), Giovanni Ribaudo (Author), David Rennison (Author), Margaret Anne Brimble (Author), Brian Hopkins (Author), Alessandro Ferrarese (Author), Sergio Bova (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Norbormide (NRB) is a unique compound that acts directly on rat vascular myocytes to trigger a contractile process, through an as yet unknown mechanism, which results in the selective contraction of rat peripheral arteries. To gain insight into the mechanisms involved in NRB rat-selective activity,...