Calpain activation and cytoskeletal protein breakdown in the corpus callosum of head-injured patients

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 749-761

  McCracken, Eileen ^a   Hunter, A J ^b   Patel, S ^b   Graham, D I ^a   Dewar, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axonal damage; Calpain; Cytoskeleton; Head injury; Human

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; CALPAIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 0032857975     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.1999.16.749     Document Type: Article

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