Blast exposure in rats with body shielding is characterized primarily by diffuse axonal injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 947-959

  Garman, Robert H ^a,b   Jenkins, Larry W ^a,b   Switzer, Robert C ^e   Bauman, Richard A ^c   Tong, Lawrence C ^c   Swauger, Peter V ^d   Parks, Steven A ^d   Ritzel, David V ^f   Dixon, C Edward ^a,b   Clark, Robert S B ^a,b   Bayir, Hülya ^a,b   Kagan, Valerian ^a,b   Jackson, Edwin K ^a,b   Kochanek, Patrick M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^d ORA Inc   (United States)

^e NeuroScience Associates   (United States)

^f Dyn FX Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

hypothermia; neurotransmitters; proteomics; receptor antagonists; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AMINO CUPRIC SILVER; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CALCIUM ION; EOSIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HELIUM; HEMATOXYLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IONIZED CALCIUM BINDING ADAPTER MOLECULE 1; ISOFLURANE; SILVER; STEEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APNEA; ARTICLE; BLAST INDUCED TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BLAST INJURY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BODY SHIELD; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROGLIA; MORTALITY; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RAT; STEEL WEDGE; SURVIVAL RATE; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 79959731577     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2010.1540     Document Type: Article

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