Modified permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion rat model aiming to reduce variability in infarct size

Neurological Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 884-887

  Kobayashi, Tomonori ^a   Kawamata, Takakazu ^a   Mitsuyama, Tetsuryu ^a   Hori, Tomokatsu ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal model; Cerebral ischemia; Clip; Coagulation; Infarction; Middle cerebral artery; Occlusion; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN VEIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATHERMY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVE; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INFARCTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 37149035967     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164107X228651     Document Type: Article

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