Critique of the Case Report on Multiple Intracranial Aneurysms Concurrent with a Clinoid Meningioma

Begin with a patient with meningioma, or a brain tumor, positioned in an MRI scanner for non-invasive brain imaging.Adjust the scanner to obtain structural images of individual slices of the brain.Enhance the contrast to improve tissue differentiation.Use interslice magnetization transfer ratio imaging on brain slices using radiofrequency pulses slightly offset from the MRI signal.The pulses deliver energy to the proton pool in macromolecules and bound water molecules.This energy transfers to...

A protocol for the concurrent quantification and comparison of three cellular and extracellular components within biofilms is presented. The methodology involves the use of confocal laser scanning microscopy, biofilm structural analysis and visualization software, and statistical analysis...

Developing and testing endovascular devices for intracranial aneurysm treatment is still of great importance. Most aneurysm models used today miss either the important characteristics of an arterial degenerated wall or the hemodynamics of a true bifurcation. Therefore, we aimed to design a novel arterial pouch bifurcation model in...

This video describes an immunoassay technique using fluorescent magnetic beads or microspheres coupled with different antigens to simultaneously detect various antibody isotypes in a serum sample. The assay is helpful in understanding seroconversion during an infection or...

This novel model creates robust infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms in swine using a combination of balloon angioplasty, elastase/collagenase perfusion, topical elastase application, and oral compound β-aminopropionitrile administration, which interferes with collagen...

Here we present a protocol to perform intracranial pharmacological experiments followed by pain behavior assays in rodents. This protocol allows researchers to deliver molecular and cellular targets in the brain, for pharmacologic agents in the treatment of...