Hippocampal vulnerability following traumatic brain injury: A potential role for neurotrophin-4/5 in pyramidal cell neuroprotection

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1089-1102

  Royo, N C ^a,b   Conte, V ^a   Saatman, K E ^a   Shimizu, S ^a   Belfield, C M ^a   Soltesz, K M ^a   Davis, J E ^a   Fujimoto, S T ^a   McIntosh, T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b 105C Hayden Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampal neurons; Neuropharmacology; Neuroprotection; Neurotrophins; Rats

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SELECTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; GENE DELETION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS;

EID: 33645093187     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04642.x     Document Type: Article

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