An improved automated method to quantitate infarct volume in triphenyltetrazolium stained rat brain sections

Hillary K. Regan1, Theodore J. Detwiler1, Judy C. Huang2, Joseph J. Lynch1, Christopher P. Regan1
1Department of Stroke and Neurodegeneration, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, PA 19486
2Department of Basic Research Information Systems, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, PA 19486

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