Transient middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats as an experimental model of brain ischemia

Acta Cirurgica Brasileira

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 428-433

  Calloni, Renato Luis ^a   Winkler, Bruno Costamilam ^a   Ricci, Guilherme ^a   Poletto, Marcos Giacomelli ^a   Homero, Wagner Martins ^a   Serafini, Eduardo Pretto ^a   Corleta, Oly Campos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain ischemia; Infarction, middle cerebral artery; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SUTURE; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUTURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957654065     PISSN: 01028650     EISSN: 16782674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-86502010000500008     Document Type: Article

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