Reactive oxygen intermediates contribute to necrotic and apoptotic neuronal injury in an infant rat model of bacterial meningitis due to group B streptococci

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2632-2639

  Leib, Stephen L ^a   Kim, Young S ^a   Chow, Lucian L ^a   Sheldon, R Ann ^b   Täuber, Martin G ^a,b,c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebral cortical perfusion; lipidperoxidation; oxidative brain injury; programmed cell death; reactive oxygen intermediates

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN PERFUSION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0029852720     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119084     Document Type: Article

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