Neurological impairment in rats after subarachnoid hemorrhage-A comparison of functional tests

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 150-159

  Thal, Serge C ^a   Meßmer, Konrad ^a   Schmid Elsaesser, Robert ^a   Zausinger, Stefan ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beam balance; Neurological function; Neuroscore; Prehensile traction; Rat; Rotarod; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN 70;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTION TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MORTALITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; ROTAROD TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 40849142249     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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