Perisomatic thalamic axotomy after diffuse traumatic brain injury is associated with atrophy rather than cell death

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 218-229

  Lifshitz, Jonathan ^a,b,c   Kelley, Brian Joseph ^b   Povlishock, John Theodore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disector; Fractionator; Head injury; Nucleator; Stereology; Thalamus; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SIZE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; GIEMSA STAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOLOGY; THALAMUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ATROPHY; BRAIN INJURY; DISEASE MODEL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; AXOTOMY; BRAIN INJURIES; CELL DEATH; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THALAMUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34247121000     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jnen.0000248558.75950.4d     Document Type: Article

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