A new reproducible focal cerebral ischemia model by introduction of polyvinylsiloxane into the middle cerebral artery: A comparison study

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 199-206

  Yang, Yi ^a   Yang, Tao ^a   Li, Qiu ^a   Wang, Chen Xu ^a   Shuaib, Ashfaq ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain infarction; Experimental model; Focal cerebral ischemia; Rat; Stroke

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE; POLYVINYLSILOXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MALE; POLYVINYLS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SILOXANES;

EID: 0037200716     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(02)00142-5     Document Type: Article

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