Controlled Cortical Impact: A New Experimental Brain Injury Model

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 1-15

  Lighthall, James W ^a  

^a GM Research Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CINERADIOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN;

ANIMAL; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FERRETS; MALE;

EID: 0023807637     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.1988.5.1     Document Type: Article

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