The rodent retina has long been recognized as an accessible window to the brain. In this technical paper we provide a protocol that employs the mouse model of oxygen-induced retinopathy to study the mechanisms that lead to failure of vascular regeneration within the central nervous system after ischemic injury. The described system can also be harnessed to explore strategies to promote regrowth of functional blood vessels within the retina and CNS.
Miloudi, K., Dejda, A., Binet, F., Lapalme, E., Cerani, A., Sapieha, P. Assessment of Vascular Regeneration in the CNS Using the Mouse Retina. J. Vis. Exp. (88), e51351, doi:10.3791/51351 (2014).