Middle cerebral artery occlusion in the rat: Consistent protocol for a model of stroke

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 487-497

  Aspey, B S ^a   Cohen, S ^a   Patel, Y ^a   Terruli, M ^a   Harrison, M J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fischer 344 rats; Intraluminal suture; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Rat strain; Sprague Dawley rats; Stroke; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

NYLON; RUBBER; SILASTIC;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MORTALITY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STROKE; SUTURE; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; SURVIVAL RATE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0032423118     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2990.1998.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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