An experimental model of focal ischemia using an internal carotid artery approach

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 246-253

  Boyko, Matthew ^a   Zlotnik, Alexander ^a   Gruenbaum, Benjamin F ^a   Gruenbaum, Shaun E ^c   Ohayon, Sharon ^a   Goldsmith, Tomer ^a   Kotz, Ruslan ^a   Leibowitz, Akiva ^a   Sheiner, Eyal ^a   Shapira, Yoram ^a   Teichberg, Vivian I ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal carotid artery; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Rats; Stroke; Variability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STROKE; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78049384167     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.08.026     Document Type: Article

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