Progressive atrophy and neuron death for one year following brain trauma in the rat

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 715-727

  Smith, Douglas H ^a   Chen, Xiao Han ^a   Pierce, Jean E S ^a   Wolf, John A ^a   Trojanowski, John Q ^a   Graham, David I ^b   Mcintosh, Tracy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain atrophy; Brain trauma; Cell death; Degeneration; Long term ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030695078     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.1997.14.715     Document Type: Article

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