Experimental models of brain trauma

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 715-721

  Laurer, Helmut L ^a   McIntosh, Tracy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOKINE;

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; DURA MATER; ENCEPHALITIS; EXPERIMENTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIQUID; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; REVIEW; SKULL INJURY; SKULL SURGERY; WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS;

EID: 0033396136     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-199912000-00010     Document Type: Review

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