Novel model of frontal impact closed head injury in the rat

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2233-2243

  Kilbourne, Michael ^a   Kuehn, Reed ^a   Tosun, Cigdem ^b   Caridi, John ^b   Keledjian, Kaspar ^b   Bochicchio, Grant ^b,c   Scalea, Thomas ^b,c   Gerzanich, Volodymyr ^b   Simard, J Marc ^b,c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

amyloid precursor protein; Activated caspase 3; Diffuse axonal injury; Frontal impact; Impact acceleration; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CASPASE 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APNEA; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; GRAY MATTER; HEAD INJURY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PETECHIA; PURKINJE CELL; PUTAMEN; RAT; SKULL FRACTURE; SPORT INJURY; THALAMUS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

ACCELERATION; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CASPASE 3; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FRONTAL BONE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURONS; PHYSICS; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; ROTATION;

EID: 75449104368     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2009.0968     Document Type: Article

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