The effects of cyclosporin-A on axonal conduction deficits following traumatic brain injury in adult rats

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 241-251

  Colley, Beverly S ^a   Phillips, Linda L ^a   Reeves, Thomas M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Compound action potentials; Corpus callosum; Cyclosporin A; Neuroprotection; Rat; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DRUG MECHANISM; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION DISORDER; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN INJURIES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CYCLOSPORINE; CYTOPROTECTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 77953705443     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2010.03.026     Document Type: Article

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