Detrimental effects of aging on outcome from traumatic brain injury: A behavioral, magnetic resonance imaging, and histological study in mice

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-171

  Onyszchuk, Gregory ^a,b   He, Yong Yue ^a   Berman, Nancy E J ^a,b   Brooks, William M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Blood brain barrier dysfunction; Geriatric brain injury; Neurodegenerative disorders; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; ROTAROD TEST; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SILVER STAINING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 39149109142     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2007.0430     Document Type: Article

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