Experimental brain injury induces regionally distinct apoptosis during the acute and delayed post-traumatic period

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 5663-5672

  Conti, Alana C ^a   Raghupathi, Ramesh ^a   Trojanowski, John Q ^a   McIntosh, Tracy K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Delayed cell death; DNA fragmentation; Neurodegeneration; Programmed cell death; Rat; Traumatic brain injury; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN INJURY; CELL DEATH; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032146787     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-15-05663.1998     Document Type: Article

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