The effect of N-acetylcysteine on posttraumatic changes after controlled cortical impact in rats

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 149-155

  Thomale, Ulrich Wilhelm ^a   Griebenow, Martin ^a   Kroppenstedt, Stefan Nikolaus ^a   Unterberg, Andreas W ^b   Stover, John F ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain edema; Brain injury; Cerebral perfusion; Controlled cortical impact injury; Free radicals; N Acetylcysteine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD GAS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GRAVIMETRY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 29844450243     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-005-2845-4     Document Type: Article

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