A microsurgical procedure for middle cerebral artery occlusion by intraluminal monofilament insertion technique in the rat: A special emphasis on the methodology

Experimental and Translational Stroke Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Güzel, Aslan ^a   Rölz, Roland ^b   Nikkhah, Guido ^c   Kahlert, Ulf D ^d,e   Maciaczyk, Jaroslaw ^d  

^a BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^d University Medical Center Duesseldorf   (Germany)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Monofilament; Rat; Surgical anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EID: 84902655404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20407378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2040-7378-6-6     Document Type: Article

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