Visualization of macroscopic cerebral vessel anatomy-A new and reliable technique in mice

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 249-253

  Hasan, Mohammad R ^a   Herz, Josephine ^a   Hermann, Dirk M ^a   Doeppner, Thorsten R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon black; Cerebral vasculature; Colored latex; Vascular density; Vessel diameter

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LATEX;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ANTIGENS, CD31; BRAIN; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; COLORING AGENTS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; LATEX; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; SOOT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855216715     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.11.024     Document Type: Article

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