A Critical Re-Examination of the Intraluminal Filament MCAO Model: Impact of External Carotid Artery Transection

Translational Stroke Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 651-661

  Trueman, Rebecca C ^a   Harrison, David J ^a   Dwyer, Dominic M ^a   Dunnett, Stephen B ^a   Hoehn, Mathias ^b   Farr, Tracy D ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavior; External carotid artery; MCAO models; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAROTID ARTERY LIGATION; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY TRANSECTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRALUMINAL FILAMENT MCAO MODEL; LICKING; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MORBIDITY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STEREOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 83355169605     PISSN: 18684483     EISSN: 1868601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12975-011-0102-4     Document Type: Article

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