Low-Power 2-MHz Pulsed-Wave Transcranial Ultrasound Reduces Ischemic Brain Damage in Rats

Translational Stroke Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 376-381

  Alexandrov, Andrei V ^a,b   Barlinn, Kristian ^a   Strong, Roger ^b   Alexandrov, Anne W ^a,b   Aronowski, Jaroslaw ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain edema reduction; Cerebral ischemia; Microcirculation; Transcranial ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RAT; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 85027934618     PISSN: 18684483     EISSN: 1868601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12975-011-0080-6     Document Type: Article

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