Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Rescues Neurons From Bacterial Meningitis

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 324-329

  Li, Ling ^a   Shui, Quan Xiang ^b   Liang, Kun ^a   Ren, Hui ^a  

^a KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b First Affiliated Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INOCULATION; MORTALITY; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 34248201686     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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