Introduction of a Rabbit Carotid Artery Model for Sonothrombolysis Research

Translational Stroke Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 397-407

  Hölscher, Thilo ^a,b   Fisher, David J ^a   Ahadi, Golnaz ^a   Voie, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; High intensity focused ultrasound; Rabbit; Sonothrombolysis; Stroke; Transcranial

Indexed keywords

EPTIFIBATIDE; TIROFIBAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SONOTHROMBOLYSIS; STROKE;

EID: 84865720601     PISSN: 18684483     EISSN: 1868601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12975-012-0194-5     Document Type: Article

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