DNA fragmentation and nuclear endonuclease activity in rat brain after severe closed head injury

Brain Research

Volumn 729, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-155

  Pravdenkova, Svetlana V ^a   Basnakian, Alexei G ^a,b   James, S Jill ^b   Andersen, Bruce J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ca Mg dependent enodnuclease; Cell death; Closed head injury; DNA fragmentation; Head trauma; Nuclease

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENDONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030581292     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00222-3     Document Type: Article

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