Folic acid enhances early functional recovery in a piglet model of pediatric head injury

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 466-479

  Naim, Maryam Y ^a   Friess, Stuart ^a   Smith, Colin ^c   Ralston, Jill ^b   Ryall, Karen ^b   Helfaer, Mark A ^a   Margulies, Susan S ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axonal injury; Folic acid; Neurobehavioral assessment; Neuroprotection; Pediatric brain injury; Swine; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PIGLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; STAINING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SWINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 79951789651     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322448     Document Type: Article

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