Animal Models of Acute Neurological Injuries

• Animal Care and Surgery.- Animal Protocol.- Anesthesia and Analgesia for Research Animals.- Rodent Surgical Procedures and Tissue Collection.- Brain Monitoring.- Veterinary Care Methods for Rats and Mice in Experimental Spinal Cord Injury Studies.- Cerebral Ischemic Animal Models.- Four-Vessel Occlusion Model in Rats.- Rat Model of Global Cerebral Ischemia: The Two-Vessel Occlusion (2VO) Model of Forebrain Ischemia.- Asphyxial Cardiac Arrest.- Rodent Model of Pediatric Asphyxial Cardiac Arrest.- Transient Global Cerebral Ischemia Model in Mice.- Transient Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion Model in Rodents.- Three-Vessel Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion Model.- A Thromboembolic Rat Model of Focal Cerebral Ischemia and Reperfusion with tPA.- Targeted Occlusion to Surface and Deep Vessels in Neocortex via Linear and Nonlinear Optical Absorption.- Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion Suture Model for Mice.- Intraluminal Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion Model in Mice.- Cerebral Hypoxia—IschemiaModel in Adult Mice.- Cerebral Hypoxia—Ischemia in Neonatal Rats or Mice: A Model of Perinatal Brain Injury.- Cerebral Palsy Model of Uterine Ischemia in Pregnant Rabbits.- Model of Neonatal Focal Cerebral Ischemia-Reperfusion.- Cerebral Hemorrhage Animal Models.- Monofilament Perforation Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Rat Model.- Blood Injection Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Rat Model.- Filament Perforation Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Mouse Model.- Blood Injection Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Mouse Model.- Blood Injection Cerebral Vasospasm Rabbit Model.- Double Blood-Injection Cerebral Vasospasm Canine Model.- Nonhuman Primate Blood-Clot Placement Cerebral Vasospasm Model.- Blood Injection Intracerebral Hemorrhage Rat Model.- Bacterial Collagenase Injection Intracerebral Hemorrhage Rat Model.- Blood Injection Intracerebral Hemorrhage Mouse Model.- Blood Injection Intracerebral Hemorrhage Pig Model.- Traumatic CNS Injury Animal Models.- Fluid Percussion Injury Model.- Controlled Cortical Impact Injury Model.- Marmarou Weight Drop Injury Model.- MASCIS Spinal Cord Contusion Model.- Infinite Horizon Spinal Cord Contusion Model.- The Ohio State University ESCID Spinal Cord Contusion Model.- Acute Clip Impact-Compression Model.- Experimental Laceration Spinal Cord Injury Model.- Rodent Spinal Cord Demyelination Models.- Spinal Cord Lateral Hemisection and Implantation of Guidance Channels.- Spinal Root Avulsion and Repair Model.

From the reviews: "In this book, the editors have provided detailed discussions on numerous models of acute neurologic injury ... . an invaluable resource to anyone starting out in the neuroinjury field or to experienced individuals who require an update in terms of animal modeling. ... I recommend this book to ... investigators in the field of neurologic injuries, including students, basic scientists, and clinicians. I think anyone in the field of experimental or clinical neurologic disorders will find this book to be extremely helpful ... ." (American Journal of Neuroradiology, Vol. 30, March, 2009)