Application of endovascular suture occlusion of middle cerebral artery in gerbils to obtain consistent infarction

Neurological Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 574-578

  Başkaya, Mustafa K ^a,b   Doǧan, Aclan ^a   Dempsey, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endovascular suture occlusion; Focal cerebral ischemia; Focal ischemia models; Gerbil

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GERBIL; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0344549312     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1999.11740979     Document Type: Article

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