Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation and reduction of traumatic axonal injury in a rodent head injury model: Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-84

  Mills, James D ^a   Bailes, Julian E ^a   Sedney, Cara L ^a   Hutchins, Heather ^b   Sears, Barry ^b  

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

^b The Inflammation Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid precursor protein; Dietary supplementation; Omega 3 fatty acids; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CYTOCHROME C; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY RMO 14; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; BRAIN STEM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEAD INJURY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WHITE MATTER;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN INJURIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 78651269808     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.5.JNS08914     Document Type: Article

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