Figure 1From: A microsurgical procedure for middle cerebral artery occlusion by intraluminal monofilament insertion technique in the rat: a special emphasis on the methodology Location of the skin incision visualized by surgical marker (A). Dissection of platysma and subcutaneous fatty tissue (B). Preparation of right and left digastric muscles (DG), (C). Preparation of the rostral (r) and caudal (c) part of the right DG and the sternohyoid muscle (SH), (D).Back to article page