Electrocortical pathology in a rat model of penetrating ballistic-like brain injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-83

  Lu, Xi Chun May ^a   Hartings, Jed A ^a   Si, Yuanzheng ^a   Balbir, Alexander ^a   Cao, Ying ^a   Tortella, Frank C ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

electrophysiology; penetrating ballistic like brain injury; rat

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALLISTICS; BRAIN INJURY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HEMISPHERE; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PENETRATING TRAUMA; RAT; SEIZURE; STANDARD; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FORENSIC BALLISTICS; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES;

EID: 78651365957     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2010.1471     Document Type: Article

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