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SUBMITTER: McBride DW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5772000 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
McBride Devin W DW Zhang John H JH
Translational stroke research 20170717
An argument for preclinical stroke research to make more use of the permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model, rather than transient MCAO, is presented. Despite STAIR recommending permanent MCAO as the primary model, preclinical stroke research has not been listened. In 2012, Hossmann reported that 64% of the treatment studies for MCAO used prompt transient MCAO models and only 36% of the studies used permanent MCAO or gradual transient MCAO (i.e., embolic stroke model). Then, in 2 ...[more]