Research Techniques
- Animal models of cerebral ischemia, intracerebral hemorrhage, brain edema, peripheral nerve and spinal cord injury
- Animal models of preconditioning
- Cell culture (brain endothelial cells, neurons, astrocytes, choroid plexus epithelial cells)
- Immunohistochemistry, Western and Northern blots, polymerase chain reaction
- Measurement of cerebral blood flow with radiotracers or laser Doppler flowmetry
- Mechanical implants for spinal cord regeneration
- Nerve and spinal cord injury
- Radioisotopes to measure blood-brain barrier permeability
- Spinal cord stimulation
- Ventriculo-cisternal perfusion
Equipment
- Biophysical recorders
- Blood gas analyzer
- Cell harvester intravital video microscope
- Computerized image analysis
- Cryostat
- Flame photometer
- H2-clearance blood flow
- Hydrogen blood flow electrodes
- Inverted phase microscope (with Hoffman optics)
- Laser doppler flowmeter
- Liquid scintillation counter
- Microelectrode amplifiers
- Microelectrode puller
- Microtiter plate washer
- Operating microscopes
- Operating room
- Reverse-phase high-pressure liquid chromatography
- Stereotactic frames
- Thermal cycler-molecular biology equipment
- Tissue culture hood and incubator
- Ventilators
