Correlation between behavioral deficits and decreased brain-derived neurotrofic factor in neonatal meningitis

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 223, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 73-76

  Barichello, Tatiana ^a   Belarmino, Eraldo ^a   Comim, Clarissa M ^a   Cipriano, Andreza L ^a   Generoso, Jaqueline S ^a   Savi, Geovana D ^a   Stertz, Laura ^b   Kapczinski, Flávio ^b   Quevedo, João ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO EXTREMO SUL CATARINENSE   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL SÃO JOSÉ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Memory; Neonatal meningitis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY DISORDER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 77953532446     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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