Surgery-related thrombosis critically affects the brain infarct volume in mice following transient middle cerebral artery occlusion.

Transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (tMCAO) model is widely used to mimic human focal ischemic stroke in order to study ischemia/reperfusion brain injury in rodents. In tMCAO model, intraluminal suture technique is widely used to achieve ischemia and reperfusion. However, variation of infarct...

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Main Authors: Xiaojie Lin, Peng Miao, Jixian Wang, Falei Yuan, Yongjing Guan, Yaohui Tang, Xiaosong He, Yongting Wang, Guo-Yuan Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3782513?pdf=render