3D visualization and quantification of microvessels in the whole ischemic mouse brain using solvent-based clearing and light sheet microscopy

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 3355-3367

  Lugo Hernandez, Erlen ^a,b,c   Squire, Anthony ^a   Hagemann, Nina ^a   Brenzel, Alexandra ^a   Sardari, Maryam ^a   Schlechter, Jana ^a   Sanchez Mendoza, Eduardo H ^a   Gunzer, Matthias ^a   Faissner, Andreas ^b   Hermann, Dirk M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Angiography; brain imaging; capillaries; focal ischemia; microcirculation

Indexed keywords

DIBENZYL ETHER; INDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDROFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SOLVENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEL; MALE; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MICROSCOPY; MICROVASCULATURE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION; VASCULAR SURGERY; WHOLE BRAIN CLEARING; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CAPILLARY; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAPILLARIES; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MICE; MICROSCOPY; MICROVESSELS; SOLVENTS; STROKE;

EID: 85030152152     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0271678X17698970     Document Type: Article

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