Evaluation of an optimal temperature for brain storage in delayed 2,3,5- triphenyltetrazolium chloride staining

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-47

  Khan, Shah Naz H ^a   Baziany, Azaad ^a   Banigesh, Ali ^a   Hemmings, Susan J ^a   Shuaib, Ashfaq ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Focal ischemia; Thromboembolism; TTC staining

Indexed keywords

TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAINING; STROKE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLORING AGENTS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAINING AND LABELING; TEMPERATURE; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS;

EID: 0034658356     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(00)00185-0     Document Type: Article

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