Neuronal cell loss in the CA3 subfield of the hippocampus following cortical contusion utilizing the optical disector method for cell counting

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 385-398

  Baldwin, Stanley A ^a,b   Gibson, Tonya ^a   Callihan, C Todd ^a   Sullivan, Patrick G ^a   Palmer, Erick ^a   Scheff, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Head trauma; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; CELL COUNT; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; RAT; STEREOLOGY;

EID: 0030833621     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.1997.14.385     Document Type: Article

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