Ardabil University of Medical Sciences 1 article published in JoVE Neuroscience An In Vivo Assessment of Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption in a Rat Model of Ischemic Stroke Hamdollah Panahpour1, Mehdi Farhoudi2, Yadollah Omidi3, Javad Mahmoudi2 1Department of Physiology, Medical School, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, 2Neurosciences Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, 3Research Center for Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences The overall goal of this procedure is to provide a highly reproducible technique for in vivo assessment of the blood-brain barrier disruption in rat models of ischemic stroke.