The morphological and neurochemical effects of diffuse brain injury on rat central noradrenergic system

Neurological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-41

  Fujinaka, Toshiyuki ^a   Kohmura, Eiji ^a   Yuguchi, Takamichi ^a   Yoshimine, Toshiki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 methoxy 4 hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG); Diffuse brain injury; Dopamine hydroxylase; Locus coeruleus; Norepinephrine (NE)

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; METHOXYHYDROXYPHENYLGLYCOL; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037241477     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164103101201094     Document Type: Article

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