Table 2.

Experimental animal models of posterior circulation stroke

Study	Stroke Type	Species	Experimental Method	Injury Region
Chung et al, 1993	ICH	Cat	Autologous blood injection	Brain Stem
Cossu et al, 1994	ICH	Rat	Autologous blood injection	Cerebellum
Guo et al, 1995	Ischemic	Dog	Embolized PComA and SCA, then clamped VA and ventral spinal artery	Brainstem
Hata et al, 1994	Ischemic	Cat	Extra-cranial VA occlusion	Brainstem Cerebellum
Henninger et al, 2006	Ischemic	Rat	Injected Autologous clots into VA	Brainstem Cerebellum
Kuwabara et al, 1988	Ischemic	Dog	Occluded perforators of PCA	Brainstem
Nakahara et al, 1991	Ischemic	Cat	Radiographic embolization of VA	Brainstem Cerebellum
Qureshi et al, 2004	Ischemic	Dog	Radiographic embolization BA	Brainstem
Sekiguchi et al, 2005	Ischemic	Rat	Microspheres into right CCA	Cerebellum Forebrain
Shiroyama et al, 1991	Ischemic	Rat	Endoluminal suture into BA	Brainstem
Wojak et al, 1991	Ischemic	Rat	Coagulated BA	Brain Stem
Yamada et al, 1984	Ischemic	Gerbil	Vascular-clip to BA	Brainstem Cerebellum
Yao et al, 1990	Ischemic	Rat	Cauterized VA and decreased MAP	Brainstem Cerebellum

ICH indicates intracerebral hemorrhage; VA, vertebral artery; BA, basilar artery; CCA, common carotid artery; MAP, mean arterial pressure; PCA, posterior cerebral artery; PComA, posterior communicating artery; SCA, superior cerebellar artery