Concussive brain trauma in the mouse results in acute cognitive deficits and sustained impairment of axonal function

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 547-563

  Creed, Jennifer A ^a   Dileonardi, Ann Mae ^a   Fox, Douglas P ^a   Tessler, Alan R ^a,b   Raghupathi, Ramesh ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

axonal injury; axonal transport; compound action potential; concussion; spatial learning; traumatic brain injury; working memory

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCUSSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; WORKING MEMORY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MICE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS;

EID: 79953822054     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2010.1729     Document Type: Article

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