The pathobiology of blast injuries and blast-induced neurotrauma as identified using a new experimental model of injury in mice

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 538-551

  Cernak, Ibolja ^a   Merkle, Andrew C ^a   Koliatsos, Vassilis E ^b   Bilik, Justin M ^a   Luong, Quang T ^a   Mahota, Theresa M ^a   Xu, Leyan ^b   Slack, Nicole ^a   Windle, David ^a   Ahmed, Farid A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Blast; Blast injury; Blast induced neurotrauma; Cognitive function; Inflammation; Motor function; Mouse; PCR; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ECTODYSPLASIN A; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; OSTEOPONTIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; C57BL 6 MOUSE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; INFLAMMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHOCK WAVE;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PRESSURE;

EID: 78650678737     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2010.10.025     Document Type: Article

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