. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 16.

Published in final edited form as: Transl Stroke Res. 2011 Mar;2(1):112–127. doi: 10.1007/s12975-010-0044-2

Table 1. Physiological parameters.

Blood gas measurements obtained prior to arterial occlusion. 55–100 μL of blood was withdrawn from the arterial line and tested with a blood gas analyzer (ABL800, Radiometer, Copenhagen). Prior to initiating an experimental series, it may be necessary to adjust anesthesia, nitrous oxide, and oxygen levels to optimize blood gas levels in a separate set of animals with repeated measures of blood gases. This is generally not possible during an experiment due to the small blood volume of the mouse.

Mouse strain:	BALB/c	C57BL/6J
Mass (g)	30.08 ± 0.87	29.07 ± 0.89
MABP (mmHg)	90.8 ± 2.7	87.9 ± 3.2
pH	7.315 ± 0.018	7.337 ± 0.018
pCO₂	45.8 ± 3.9	42.6 ± 2.8
pO₂	147 ± 14	143 ± 23
N =	8	7