New rat model for diffuse brain injury using coronal plane angular acceleration

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1387-1398

  Fijalkowski, Ronald J ^a   Stemper, Brian D ^a   Pintar, Frank A ^a   Yoganandan, Narayan ^a   Crowe, Maria J ^a   Gennarelli, Thomas A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Concussion; Craniocerebral trauma; Diffuse brain injury; Experimental rat model; Mild traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONCUSSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA REFLEX; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN CONCUSSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFLEX; ROTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548299291     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2007.0268     Document Type: Article

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