PMID- 26268737 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170428 LR - 20170428 IS - 1563-5279 (Electronic) IS - 0020-7454 (Linking) VI - 126 IP - 9 DP - 2016 Sep TI - Do different reperfusion methods affect the outcomes of stroke induced by MCAO in adult rats? PG - 850-5 LID - 10.3109/00207454.2015.1074903 [doi] AB - There are two patterns of ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) models used in rat middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) I/R models, which differ in the use of unilateral or bilateral carotid artery reperfusion. The primary difference between the two patterns of I/R models is the complexity of the surgery procedure. However, researchers in this field have no idea whether there are any differences in outcomes of these two methods. In this study, we investigated the effects of the two methods on neurological deficits, infarct volume, blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity and brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression. Through evaluating the current way of bilateral common carotid artery reperfusion, we tried to find whether it could be replaced by an easier way. We found that there were no statistical significant differences between the different methods in infarct volume, neurological deficits, BBB integrity, and the level of BDNF (P > 0.05). These data demonstrated that different methods did not affect the neurological deficits, infarct volume, BBB integrity, and the BDNF protein level, which provides reference when we use an experimental stroke. These results suggest that the two methods have similar capability for inducing cerebral I/R injury and can be interchanged. FAU - Zuo, Xia-Lin AU - Zuo XL AD - a 1 Institute of Neurosciences and the Second Affiliated Hospital , Guangzhou Medical University , Guangzhou , P.R. China. FAU - Deng, Hou-Liang AU - Deng HL AD - b 2 Center for Drug Research and Development, zhujiang Hospital , Southern Medical University , Guangzhou , P.R. China. FAU - Wu, Ping AU - Wu P AD - b 2 Center for Drug Research and Development, zhujiang Hospital , Southern Medical University , Guangzhou , P.R. China. FAU - Xu, En AU - Xu E AD - a 1 Institute of Neurosciences and the Second Affiliated Hospital , Guangzhou Medical University , Guangzhou , P.R. China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20150813 PL - England TA - Int J Neurosci JT - The International journal of neuroscience JID - 0270707 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/metabolism MH - *Disease Models, Animal MH - *Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery/metabolism/pathology/physiopathology MH - Male MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - *Reperfusion Injury/metabolism/pathology/physiopathology MH - *Stroke/metabolism/pathology/physiopathology OTO - NOTNLM OT - experimental stroke model OT - ischemia/reperfusion OT - middle cerebral artery occlusion OT - stroke EDAT- 2015/08/14 06:00 MHDA- 2017/04/30 06:00 CRDT- 2015/08/14 06:00 PHST- 2015/08/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/08/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/04/30 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.3109/00207454.2015.1074903 [pii] AID - 10.3109/00207454.2015.1074903 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Neurosci. 2016 Sep;126(9):850-5. doi: 10.3109/00207454.2015.1074903. Epub 2015 Aug 13.