Mild focal cerebral ischemia in the rat. The effect of local temperature on infarct size

Neurological Research

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 781-788

  Hildebrandt Eriksen, Elisabeth S ^a,b   Christensen, Thomas ^a   Diemer, Nils H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal model; Focal cerebral ischemia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rats; Reperfusion; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RAT; REPERFUSION; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0036898719     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164102101200898     Document Type: Article

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