Atorvastatin (ATV)-induced and bubblehead (bbh) mutant intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) show comparable models of brain-specific bleeding. (A) Brain-specific bleeds were observed in both ATV and bbh models maintained on the transgenic gata1:DsRed reporter background using both brightfield (top panels) and fluorescence (bottom panels) microscopy. Bleeds formed in both forebrain and mid-hindbrain regions, as described by others (Eisa-Beygi et al., 2013) (arrows denotes haemorrhages). Bleeds in bbh mutants are frequently associated with severe cranial oedema making blood pooling more disperse. Original magnification, x20. (B) ATV treatment causes ICH to occur in a dose-dependent manner. (C) Timeline of ICH development in ATV-treated and untreated embryos and (D) bbh homozygotes.
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