title: [The improvement and discussion of the model of focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion with suture-occluded method in rats].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To supply a simple method of the model of focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion in rats.
  
  
  METHODS
  Zea Longa's suture-occluded method was improved and the comparison between the two methods was made in rCBF, the scores of neurological deficit and infarct volume.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were not significant differences between our improved method and Zea Longa's method in rCBF, the scores of neurological deficit and infarct volume.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The model of focal cerebral ischemia/ reperfusion with our improved method was also stable and established more easily than that with Zea Longa's method.
authors.affiliation: Lanzhou Medical College, Lanzhou 730000, China.
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Y B
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002545:Brain Ischemia; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000601:surgery; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D008026:Ligation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015427:Reperfusion Injury