Laser-Doppler flowmetry utilizing a thinned skull cranial window preparation and automated stimulation

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 14-21

  Gerrits, Ronald J ^a   A Stein, Elliot ^a   Greene, Andrew S ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Cranial window; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Neurophysiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN METABOLISM; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKULL; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 0032171017     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(98)00016-6     Document Type: Article

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