A concussive-like brain injury model in mice (II): Selective neuronal loss in the cortex and hippocampus

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 863-874

  Tang, Ya Ping ^a   Noda, Yukihiro ^a   Hasegawa, Takaaki ^a   Nabeshima, Toshitaka ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Concussive brain injury (CBI); Cortex; Hippocampus; Mouse; Neuronal cell loss; Traumatic brain injury (TBI); Weight drop impact

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

EID: 0031454721     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.1997.14.863     Document Type: Article

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