Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Review of Experimental Studies on the Microcirculation and the Neurovascular Unit

Translational Stroke Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 174-189

  Tso, Michael K ^a,b   Macdonald, R Loch ^b,c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal model; Arteriole; Microcirculation; Neurovascular unit; Pathophysiology; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INVERTED NEUROVASCULAR COUPLING; MICROTHROMBUS; MICROVASCULATURE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOREACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MICROCIRCULATION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 84896404335     PISSN: 18684483     EISSN: 1868601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12975-014-0323-4     Document Type: Article

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