Infant rat model of the shaken baby syndrome: Preliminary characterization and evidence for the role of free radicals in cortical hemorrhaging and progressive neuronal degeneration

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 693-705

  Smith, Sarah L ^a   Andrus, Paula K ^a   Gleason, David D ^a   Hall, Edward D ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical hemorrhaging; Free radicals; Shaken baby syndrome; Tirilazad mesylate

Indexed keywords

TIRILAZAD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RAT;

EID: 0031657873     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.1998.15.693     Document Type: Article

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