Intraluminal middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model for ischemic stroke with laser doppler flowmetry guidance in mice

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 51, 2011, Pages

  Ansari, Saeed ^a   Azari, Hassan ^a,b   McConnell, Douglas J ^a   Afzal, Aqeela ^a   Mocco, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Intraluminal suture; Issue 51; Laser doppler; Medicine; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Mouse

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355129007     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2879     Document Type: Article

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