Irradiation after surgically induced brain injury in the rat: Timing in relation to severity of radiation damage

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-21

  Peker, Selcuk ^a,b   Abacioglu, Ufuk ^a   Sun, Ibrahim ^a   Yuksel, Meral ^a   Pamir, M Necmettin ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain; Free radicals; Injury; Lipid peroxidation; Radiation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

MALONALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIATION INJURY; RAT; SCALPEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALONDIALDEHYDE; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4444289172     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NEON.0000040820.78643.0a     Document Type: Article

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