Improvements in the intraluminal thread technique to induce focal cerebral ischaemia in rabbits

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 315-319

  Kong, Ling Qi ^a   Xie, Jing Xia ^a   Han, Hong Bin ^a   Liu, Hong Dong ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Focal cerebral ischaemia; Intraluminal thread technique; Models; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE;

ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STAINING; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROLOGY; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS;

EID: 3242661769     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2004.03.017     Document Type: Article

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