Abstract
In a simulated blood plasma ‘FX-80’, a liquid fluorocarbon with a high solubility for oxygen, maintains the electrical activity of a preparation of isolated rat brain. This is as effective as a suspension of erythrocytes in the same simulated blood plasma.
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SLOVITER, H., KAMIMOTO, T. Erythrocyte Substitute for Perfusion of Brain. Nature 216, 458–460 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216458a0
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