Selective induction of ultrastructural (neurofilament) compaction in axons by means of a new head-injury apparatus

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 283-289

  Pál, József ^a   Tóth, Zsolt ^a   Farkas, Orsolya ^a   Kellényi, Lóránd ^a   Dóczi, Tamás ^a   Gallyas, Ferenc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Axonal injury; Calvaria depression; Electron microscopy; Head injury; Staining with silver; Ultrastructural compaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TISSUE; BREATHING RATE; CALVARIA; CELL SWELLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HEART RATE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SCALP; SOMATIC CELL; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SILVER STAINING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646254623     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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