Evaluation of the middle cerebral artery occlusion techniques in the rat by in-vitro 3-dimensional micro- and nano computed tomography

BMC Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Langheinrich, Alexander C ^a   Yeniguen, Mesut ^b   Ostendorf, Anne ^a   Marhoffer, Simone ^b   Kampschulte, Marian ^a   Bachmann, Georg ^c   Stolz, Erwin ^b   Gerriets, Tibo ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY GIESSEN   (Germany)

^c KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; HEMISPHERE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NANO COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SUTURING METHOD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANIMAL; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77952727688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-10-36     Document Type: Article

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