The effect of varying impact energy on diffuse axonal injury in the rat brain: A preliminary study

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 419-424

  Kallakuri, Srinivasu ^a   Cavanaugh, John M ^a   Özaktay, A Cuneyt ^a   Takebayashi, Tsuneo ^b  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axons; Corpus callosum; Diffuse axonal injury; Retraction balls; Silver impregnation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; ENERGY; HEMISPHERE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SILVER IMPREGNATION; SKULL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037328364     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1307-2     Document Type: Article

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