Histological markers of neuronal, axonal and astrocytic changes after lateral rigid impact traumatic brain injury

Brain Research

Volumn 761, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-41

  Dunn Meynell, A A ^a,b   Levin, B E ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid fuchsin; Astroglia; Axonal injury; C fos; Cell death; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Head trauma; Heat shock protein; Neurofilament, 68 kDa

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE LESION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; AXONS; BENZENESULFONATES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN INJURIES; COLORING AGENTS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HSP72 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; OXAZINES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030874406     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00210-2     Document Type: Article

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