Asymmetry in the brain influenced the neurological deficits and infarction volume following the middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Gao, Huanmin ^a   Zhang, Meizeng ^a  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

EID: 58349112358     PISSN: 17449081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-4-57     Document Type: Article

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