A modified suture technique produces consistent cerebral infarction in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1246, Issue , 2008, Pages 158-166

  Zhao, Honggang ^a   Mayhan, William G ^a   Sun, Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetic; Middle cerebral artery occlusion model; Rat; Transient focal ischemia

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; POLYLYSINE; XYLAZINE;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUTURING METHOD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; XYLAZINE;

RATTUS;

EID: 57249109890     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.08.096     Document Type: Article

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