Figure 3.

Dosing of thrombolytic agents. For clarity, the illustration shows a ventral analogy. In practice, once the EC-ICA was cannulated, the rat was gently rolled onto his right flank and the injection port was secured to the left flank. The head was, again, immobilized in the head holder. During this process, patency of the catheter was maintained by saline infusion (0.75 mL/hr). Infusion of test article was accomplished by replacing the saline flush syringe butterfly assembly with an assembly containing the test article. The infusion of the test article was initiated approximately 1 minute before dismantling the snare ligature while the head was secured in the head holder.