Ischemic stroke: experimental models and reality

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 245-261

  Sommer, Clemens J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal model; Cerebral ischemia; Focal ischemia; In vitro model; Non human primate; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; MICROSPHERE;

ANESTHESIA; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMORBIDITY; CRANIECTOMY; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RODENT; THROMBOEMBOLISM; ANIMAL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE MODEL;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; STROKE;

EID: 85008479961     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-017-1667-0     Document Type: Review

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