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Modeling Stroke in Mice: Permanent Coagulation of the Distal Middle Cerebral Artery
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2014
Various murine models of middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) are widely used in experimental brain research. Here, we demonstrate the model of transcranial permanent distal MCAO which produces consistent cortical infarction of a size corresponding to damage imposed by the majority of human ischemic strokes.
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The Mouse Stroke Unit Protocol with Standardized Neurological Scoring for Translational Mouse Stroke Studies
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2025
This article presents a protocol for executing the highly translational and independently proven mouse Stroke Unit (mSU) concept in large-stroke mice. It also provides a standardized protocol for executing the focal experimental stroke scale in mice, which evaluates stroke focal deficits detected even long-term.
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The Stroke Preclinical Assessment Network Multi-Laboratory Model of Thromboembolic Stroke with Thrombolysis: TE-MCAo
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2025
To simulate thromboembolic stroke, emboli prepared from heterologous rat blood were injected into the middle cerebral artery, followed by administration of systemic thrombolysis for recanalization. This version of the model is optimized for use in a multi-laboratory network and supports testing multiple candidate therapeutics.
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Interdisciplinary Care: The Health Care Team-I
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2023
An interdisciplinary team includes many healthcare professionals working together and utilizing their skills, knowledge, and expertise to provide holistic and quality patient care. Physicians The physician's primary responsibility is to diagnose illness and direct the medical or surgical treatment of the condition. The authority to admit patients to a healthcare agency or institution and practice care within that setting is granted to physicians by the healthcare agency or institution itself.
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Interdisciplinary Care: The Health Care Team-II
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2023
An interdisciplinary team includes many healthcare professionals working together and utilizing their skills, knowledge, and expertise to provide holistic and quality patient care. Here are a few more healthcare professionals. Physical Therapist A physical therapist (PT) aims to restore function or prevent additional impairment in a patient following an injury or disease. Massage, heat, cold, water, sonar waves, exercises, and electrical stimulation are some treatments used by PTs to treat...
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Rapid brain imaging helps clinicians distinguish ischemic stroke, caused by interrupted blood flow, from hemorrhagic stroke, caused by bleeding. That distinction determines whether the immediate priority is restoring circulation or controlling bleeding and limiting secondary brain injury. Imaging therefore connects urgent diagnosis with the appropriate treatment pathway and helps the care team act without avoidable delay.
The two major stroke types require different immediate priorities because their underlying problems differ. Ischemic stroke may call for restoring circulation, whereas hemorrhagic stroke requires control of bleeding and reduction of additional brain injury. Accurate classification through neurological assessment and brain imaging prevents clinicians from applying an unsuitable treatment approach during a medical emergency.
After the initial stroke mechanism is identified, care also focuses on limiting further damage to the brain and managing complications that may affect recovery. This requires continued clinical attention beyond the first treatment decision. Addressing these problems supports survival and functional outcomes while allowing the interdisciplinary team to adjust care as the patient’s needs change.
Long-term stroke care extends beyond acute treatment by addressing risk factors associated with recurrence and maintaining follow-up over time. This continuing approach helps clinicians support prevention after the immediate emergency has passed. It also provides an opportunity to monitor recovery, reinforce ongoing care, and improve quality of life and functional outcomes.
Care begins with rapid recognition and neurological assessment, followed by brain imaging to identify the stroke type. Clinicians then pursue circulation restoration when appropriate or bleeding control and reduction of secondary injury when needed. After acute management, care continues through complication management, risk-factor control, rehabilitation, and long-term follow-up.
Stroke rehabilitation commonly includes physical, occupational, and speech therapy. These therapies form part of the recovery phase after acute treatment and address the patient’s continuing functional needs through an interdisciplinary plan. Their inclusion reflects the broader goal of stroke care: supporting recovery, improving function, and helping patients achieve a better quality of life.
Stroke care spans emergency assessment, treatment selection, complication management, prevention, rehabilitation, and follow-up. Because these stages address different clinical and functional needs, coordinated work among disciplines helps maintain continuity from the acute event through recovery. Effective collaboration supports timely decisions, consistent long-term management, and better survival, functional outcomes, and quality of life.