Quantification of infarct size on focal cerebral ischemia model of rats using a simple and economical method

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 9-16

  Yang, Yi ^a   Shuaib, Ashfaq ^a   Li, Qiu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Focal cerebral ischemia; Image analysis; Infarct volume; Rats; TTC stain

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; LAMOTRIGINE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAINING;

EID: 0032192326     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(98)00067-3     Document Type: Article

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