Experimental models of traumatic axonal injury

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-162

  Wang, Hong Cai ^a   Ma, Yan Bin ^a  

^a School of Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

Diffuse axonal injury; Injury mechanisms; Models; Traumatic axonal injury; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S 100; TAU PROTEIN;

ACCELERATION; AXONAL INJURY; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM; CELL STRESS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE MARKER; DURA MATER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FORCE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; HEMISPHERE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INJURY SEVERITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; REVIEW; ROTATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ROTATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 73449083715     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.07.099     Document Type: Review

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