The pathobiology of traumatic brain injury

Neuroscientist

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-81

  Gennarelli, Thomas A ^a,b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal injury; Brain trauma; Calcium; Injury; Mechanisms of cell damage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003062005     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107385849700300117     Document Type: Article

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