title: Blood clot placement model of subarachnoid hemorrhage in non-human primates.
abstract: Despite ongoing extensive and promising research to prevent and treat cerebrovascular vasospasm and delayed ischemic neurological deficits (DIND) after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH), clinical outcomes remain unsatisfying. Neuroprotective strategies developed in basic science research laboratories need to be translated from bench-to-bedside using appropriate animal models. While a primate model is widely accepted as the best animal model mimicking development of delayed cerebral vasospasm after aSAH, its worldwide usage has dramatically decreased because of ethical and financial limitations. However, the use of primate models of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) remains a recommended bridge for translation of early preclinical studies in rodents to human clinical trials. This paper discusses the technical aspects as well as advantages and disadvantages of a blood clot placement model of subarachnoid hemorrhage in non-human primates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland, ali-reza.fathi@ksa.ch.
authors.forename: Ali Reza
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Fathi
authors.forename: Kamran D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Bakhtian
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marbacher
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fandino
authors.forename: Ryszard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Pluta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D020767:Intracranial Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D011859:Radiography; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*