Expression of the immediate early genes c-Fos and c-Jun after head injury in man

Neurological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 138-144

  Whitfield, Peter C ^a   Pickard, John D ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain injury; c Fos; c Jun; Contusion; Human; Immediate early gene

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; ONCOGENE C FOS; ONCOGENE C JUN;

EID: 0034071012     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.2000.11741050     Document Type: Article

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