The macrosphere model-an embolic stroke model for studying the pathophysiology of focal cerebral ischemia in a translational approach

Annals of Translational Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Walberer, Maureen ^a,b,c   Rueger, Maria Adele ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embolic stroke model; Macrosphere model; Permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (permanent MCAo); Translational stroke model

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015474099     PISSN: 23055839     EISSN: 23055847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2015.04.02     Document Type: Review

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