Mild traumatic brain injury results in extensive neuronal degeneration in the cerebral cortex

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 183-191

  Gao, Xiang ^a   Chen, Jinhui ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrite; mTBI; Neural degeneration; Spine; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; GOLGI COMPLEX; MALE; MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; CELL DEATH; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITES; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE DEGENERATION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 79952037352     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NEN.0b013e31820c6878     Document Type: Article

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