Photothrombotic Ischemia: A Minimally Invasive and Reproducible Photochemical Cortical Lesion Model for Mouse Stroke StudiesVivien Labat-gest 1,2,3, Simone Tomasi 2,3,4
1Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin , 2Neuroscience Institute of Turin (NIT), University of Turin , 3Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri-Ottolenghi (NICO), University of Turin , 4Department of Anatomy, Pharmacology and Forensic Medicine, University of Turin
Photothrombosis is a quick, minimally-invasive technique for inducing small and well-delimited infarction in areas of interest in highly reproducible manner. It is particularly suitable for studying cellular and molecular responses underlying brain plasticity in transgenic mice.
