Extracellular N-acetyl-aspartate as a biochemical marker of the severity of neuronal damage following experimental acute traumatic brain injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-39

  Al Samsam, Rim H ^a   Alessandri, Beat ^a   Bullock, Ross ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

High performance liquid chromatography; Microdialysis; N acetyl aspartate; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0033963852     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2000.17.31     Document Type: Article

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