Rat middle cerebral artery occlusion by an intraluminal thread compromises collateral blood flow

Brain Research

Volumn 791, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 223-228

  Herz, Richard C G ^a   Kasbergen, Carina M ^a   Hillen, Berend ^a   Versteeg, Dirk H G ^a   De Wildt, Dick J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Cerebral ischemia; Intraluminal occluding thread; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032571767     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00106-1     Document Type: Article

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