Maintenance of white matter integrity in a rat model of radiation-induced cognitive impairment

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 285, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 178-184

  Shi, Lei ^a   Linville, M Constance ^a   Iversen, Elizabeth ^a   Molina, Doris P ^a   Yester, Jessie ^a   Wheeler, Kenneth T ^a   Robbins, Michael E ^a   Brunso Bechtold, Judy K ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axons; Forebrain; Fractionated WBI; Myelin; Oligodendrocytes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOREBRAIN; IRRADIATION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MICROSCOPY; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATED NERVE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SICKNESS; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MYELIN SHEATH; NECROSIS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; OLIGODENDROGLIA; ORGAN SIZE; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69549130709     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.06.031     Document Type: Article

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