Characterization of diffuse axonal pathology and selective hippocampal damage following inertial brain trauma in the pig

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 822-834

  Smith, Douglas H ^a,d   Chen, Xiao Han ^a   Xu, Bai Nan ^a   Mcintosh, Tracy K ^a   Gennarelli, Thomas A ^c   Meaney, David F ^b  

^a Division of Neurosurgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c ALLEGHENY UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DAI; Diffuse brain injury; Hippocampal damage; Inertial brain injury

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROTATION; SWINE;

EID: 0030914458     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199756070-00009     Document Type: Review

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