Genetic approaches to neurotrauma research: Opportunities and potential pitfalls of murine models

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-42

  Steward, Oswald ^a   Schauwecker, P Elyse ^a   Guth, Lloyd ^a   Zhang, Ziyin ^a   Fujiki, Minoru ^a   Inman, Denise ^a   Wrathall, Jean ^c   Kempermann, Gerd ^d   Gage, Fred H ^d   Saatman, Kathryn E ^b   Raghupathi, Ramesh ^b   McIntosh, Tracy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN INJURY; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; CRUSH TRAUMA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE;

EID: 0032933945     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1999.7040     Document Type: Review

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