Title :
Two-photon microscopy reveals that cortical blood flow reverses direction at the first branch that lies downstream from a localized photothrombotic clot
Author :
Schaffer, Chris B. ; Nishimura, Nozomi ; Friedman, Beth ; Tsai, Philbert S. ; Schroeder, Lee F. ; Ebner, F.F. ; Lyden, Patrick D. ; Kleinfeld, David
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., California Univ., La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
Using two-photon microscopy, we quantify changes in blood flow after photothrombotic occlusion of individual blood vessels in rat neocortex, and find that flow reverses direction at the first branch that lies downstream from localized clots.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; blood; blood flow measurement; blood vessels; brain; laser applications in medicine; neurophysiology; optical microscopy; blood vessels; cortical blood flow; localized photothrombotic clot; two-photon microscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
