A novel rodent model of reperfusion injury following occlusion of the middle cerebral artery

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-33

  Connell, Barry J ^a   Saleh, Tarek M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Edaravone; Estrogen; Neuroprotection; Preclinical animal modeling; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; NORPHENAZONE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PHENAZONE; PHENYLMETHYLPYRAZOLONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COMPLICATION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SURGERY; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIPYRINE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGENS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPERFUSION INJURY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953691203     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.04.021     Document Type: Article

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