Docosahexaenoic acid reduces traumatic axonal injury in a rodent head injury model

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1617-1624

  Bailes, Julian E ^a   Mills, James D ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

amyloid precursor protein; docosahexaenoic acid; omega 3 fatty acids; traumatic axonal injury

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 77957322763     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2009.1239     Document Type: Article

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