期刊
JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM
卷 37, 期 4, 页码 1349-1361出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0271678X16654921
关键词
Animal models; behaviour (rodent); brain recovery; focal ischemia; immunohistochemistry; stroke; MCAO
资金
- European Union
- UK Medical Research Council
In order to test therapeutics, functional assessments are required. In pre-clinical stroke research, there is little consensus regarding the most appropriate behavioural tasks to assess deficits, especially when testing over extended times in milder models with short occlusion times and small lesion volumes. In this study, we comprehensively assessed 16 different behavioural tests, with the aim of identifying those that show robust, reliable and stable deficits for up to two months. These tasks are regularly used in stroke research, as well as being useful for examining striatal dysfunction in models of Huntington's and Parkinson's disease. Two cohorts of male Wistar rats underwent the intraluminal filament model of middle cerebral artery occlusion (30min) and were imaged 24h later. This resulted in primarily subcortical infarcts, with a small amount of cortical damage. Animals were tested, along with sham and naive groups at 24h, seven days, and one and two months. Following behavioural testing, brains were processed and striatal neuronal counts were performed alongside measurements of total brain and white matter atrophy. The staircase, adjusting steps, rotarod and apomorphine-induced rotations were the most reliable for assessing long-term deficits in the 30min transient middle cerebral artery occlusion model of stroke.
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