Diffuse traumatic axonal injury in the mouse induces atrophy, c-Jun activation, and axonal outgrowth in the axotomized neuronal population

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 5089-5105

  Greer, John E ^a   McGinn, Melissa J ^a   Povlishock, John T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 3; PROTEIN C JUN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ELONGATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 3; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; AXONS; AXOTOMY; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS;

EID: 79955715746     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5103-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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