Diffuse axonal injury: An important form of traumatic brain damage

Neuroscientist

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 202-215

  Gennarelli, Thomas A ^a   Thibault, Lawrence E ^a   Graham, David I ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axonal injury; Brain trauma; Head injury

Indexed keywords

AXOPLASM FLOW; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE LESION; REVIEW; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0031862280     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107385849800400316     Document Type: Review

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