Utilizing a cranial window to visualize the middle cerebral artery during endothelin-1 induced middle cerebral artery occlusion.
Regenhardt RW, Ansari S, Azari H, Caldwell KJ, Mecca AP. Utilizing a cranial window to visualize the middle cerebral artery during endothelin-1 induced middle cerebral artery occlusion. Journal Of Visualized Experiments 2013, e50015. PMID: 23463164, PMCID: PMC3605805, DOI: 10.3791/50015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsEndothelin-1Infarction, Middle Cerebral ArteryMaleMiddle Cerebral ArteryRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySkullConceptsCranial windowEndothelin-1Cerebral arteryBrain parenchymaMiddle cerebral artery occlusion modelMiddle cerebral artery occlusionCerebral artery occlusionArtery occlusion modelMiddle cerebral arteryArtery occlusionIschemic strokeVasoconstricting peptideOcclusion modelVisualized vesselsLateral aspectTemporal boneArteryProximal portionRat cerebrumDuraVessel diameterCortical surfaceMCAOParietal boneParenchymaEndothelin-1 induced middle cerebral artery occlusion model for ischemic stroke with laser Doppler flowmetry guidance in rat.
Ansari S, Azari H, Caldwell KJ, Regenhardt RW, Hedna VS, Waters MF, Hoh BL, Mecca AP. Endothelin-1 induced middle cerebral artery occlusion model for ischemic stroke with laser Doppler flowmetry guidance in rat. Journal Of Visualized Experiments 2013 PMID: 23438950, PMCID: PMC3601209, DOI: 10.3791/50014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalEndothelin-1Infarction, Middle Cerebral ArteryLaser-Doppler FlowmetryMaleMiddle Cerebral ArteryRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyStrokeConceptsEndothelin-1Laser Doppler flowmetryCerebral ischemiaIschemic strokeHuman strokeMiddle cerebral artery occlusion modelMiddle cerebral artery areaET-1 modelArtery occlusion modelET-1 infusionFocal cerebral ischemiaCause of deathDuration of occlusionNumber one causeArtery constrictionPartial reperfusionReperfusion ratesIschemic damageMCAO modelStereotaxic injectionArtery areaStroke volumeDoppler flowmetryExtracranial vesselsOcclusion model