Strain differences in response to traumatic brain injury in long-evans compared to sprague-dawley rats

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 539-548

  Tan, Arlene A ^a   Quigley, Andrea ^a   Smith, Douglas C ^a   Hoane, Michael R ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam walk; fluid percussion injury; loss of consciousness; Morris water maze; recovery of function; Strain differences; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APNEA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISPHERE; KNEE FUNCTION; LOCOMOTION; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PERCUSSION; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WALKING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; APNEA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 64849109004     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2008.0611     Document Type: Article

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