Table 1: Animal Models of Stroke for Studying Pathophysiology and Therapy

Model for	Model name	Animal species available
Focal cerebral ischemia	Proximal middle cerebral artery occlusion	Dog, cat rabbit, rodents
	Distal middle cerebral artery occlusion	Nonhuman primate, dog, cat, pig, rabbit, rodents
	Thromboembolic MCA occlusion	Rodents
	Endothelin model	Rodents
	Photothrombosis model	Rodents
Cerebral venous thrombosis	Cerebral venous thrombosis	Dog, cats, pigs, rabbits, rodents
Global cerebral ischemia	Four vessel occlusion	Dog, pig, rodents
	Two vessel occlusion	Dog, pig, rodents
	Cardiac arrest and resuscitation	Dog, pig, rodents