Regional distribution of selective neuronal loss and microglial activation across the MCA territory after transient focal ischemia: Quantitative versus semiquantitative systematic immunohistochemical assessment

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 20-27

  Emmrich, Julius V ^a,b   Ejaz, Sohail ^a   Neher, Jonas J ^a,d   Williamson, David J ^a   Baron, Jean Claude ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

brain ischemia; immunohistochemistry; inflammation; selective neuronal death

Indexed keywords

NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; OX42 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DEATH; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULA; MICROGLIA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PUTAMEN; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; SECONDARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; COMPLICATION; DISEASE MODEL; IMAGE PROCESSING; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; NERVE CELL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAMICROTOMY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CRYOULTRAMICROTOMY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MICROGLIA; NEURONS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RATS, INBRED SHR;

EID: 84920676841     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2014.181     Document Type: Article

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