Non-Invasive Visualization of Nailbed Microvascular Morphology in Mice Using CapillaroscopyOlivia L. Bossardet *1, Clara C. Cousins *2, Joseph M. Holden 1, Vincent Yao 3, Kristin L. Clark 1, Louis R. Pasquale 4, Emmanuel S. Buys 3, Lauren K. Wareham 1,2
1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, 3Department of Anesthesia and Critical Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 4Department of Ophthalmology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Capillaroscopy is an accessible tool for direct, inexpensive, and non-invasive visualization of microvasculature. The goal of this protocol is to enable researchers to use capillaroscopy for the visualization of peripheral microvascular morphology in the nailbeds of mice.
