Low-level blasts raise intracranial pressure and impair cognitive function in rats

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1345-1352

  Säljö, Annette ^a   Svensson, Berndt ^a   Mayorga, Maria ^a   Hamberger, Anders ^a   Bolouri, Hayde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blast overpressure; Brain edema; Cognitive function; Impulse noise; Intracranial pressure; Mild traumatic brain injury; Morris water maze

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; INJURY SCALE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RAT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; MAZE TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68349101110     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2008.0856     Document Type: Article

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