Association Between Changes in Weight and Cerebral Arteries in Rats

Translational Stroke Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 122-126

  Divani, Afshin A ^a   Patel, Ankur ^b   Fredrickson, Vance L ^a   Siljander, Blake ^a   Vazquez, Gabriela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrosion casting; Rat arteries; Resin model; Stroke model; Vessel size

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WEIGHT CHANGE;

EID: 77955850994     PISSN: 18684483     EISSN: 1868601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12975-010-0015-7     Document Type: Article

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