Different strokes for different folks: The rich diversity of animal models of focal cerebral ischemia

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1412-1431

  Howells, David W ^a   Porritt, Michelle J ^a   Rewell, Sarah S J ^a   O'Collins, Victoria ^a   Sena, Emily S ^b   Van Der Worp, H Bart ^c   Traystman, Richard J ^d   MacLeod, Malcolm R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

animal models; diabetes; hypertension; physiologic control; stroke; vascular variability

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; STROKE;

EID: 77955171934     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2010.66     Document Type: Review

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