University of Milano Bicocca

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Medicine

Optimized System for Cerebral Perfusion Monitoring in the Rat Stroke Model of Intraluminal Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion

Simone Beretta¹, Matteo Riva¹, Davide Carone¹, Elisa Cuccione¹, Giada Padovano¹, Virginia Rodriguez Menendez¹, Giovanni B. Pappadá¹, Alessandro Versace¹, Carlo Giussani¹, Erik P. Sganzerla¹, Carlo Ferrarese¹

¹Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Technologies, University of Milano Bicocca

Cerebral perfusion monitoring has been demonstrated to improve accuracy in ischemic stroke models. Technical difficulties often limit the use of this essential tool for cerebrovascular research. In this video, an optimized system is shown to obtain a single or multi-site hemodynamic monitoring during intraluminal middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats.