A single mild fluid percussion injury induces short-term behavioral and neuropathological changes in the Long-Evans rat: Support for an animal model of concussion

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 224, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 326-335

  Shultz, Sandy R ^a   MacFabe, Derrick F ^a   Foley, Kelly A ^a   Taylor, Roy ^a   Cain, Donald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal model; Anxiety like behavior; Axonal injury; Concussion; Fluid percussion injury; Learning and memory; Neuroinflammation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; AXONAL INJURY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN TISSUE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUID PERCUSSION INJURY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MICROGLIA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; AXONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTURAL BALANCE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPACE PERCEPTION; SWIMMING;

EID: 80051785281     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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