Treatment of traumatic brain injury with thymosin β4in rats: Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 102-115

  Xiong, Ye ^a   Mahmood, Asim ^a   Meng, Yuling ^a   Zhang, Yanlu ^a   Zhang, Zheng Gang ^b   Morris, Daniel C ^a   Chopp, Michael ^b,c  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Neurogenesis; Oligodendrogenesis; Rat; Thymosin 4; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

THYMOSIN BETA4;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FOOT FAULT TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MODIFIED NEUROLOGICAL SEVERITY SCORE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HIPPOCAMPUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEUROGENESIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THYMOSIN;

EID: 78651276633     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.4.JNS10118     Document Type: Article

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