A simplified procedure for the quantitative measurement of neurological deficits after forebrain ischemia in mice

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-28

  Rodriguez, Rodolfo ^a   Santiago Mejia, Jacinto ^a   Gomez, Claudia ^a   San Juan, Eduardo Ramirez ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Brain ischemia; Mice; Models; Neurological deficits; Scale; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BODY POSITION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREMOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; MALE; MICE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROSENCEPHALON; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23044439343     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2005.02.013     Document Type: Article

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