Intracranial pressure changes following traumatic brain injury in rats: Lack of significant change in the absence of mass lesions or hypoxia

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2103-2111

  Gabrielian, Levon ^a   Willshire, Luke W ^a   Helps, Stephen C ^a   Van Den Heuvel, Corinna ^a   Mathias, Jane ^a   Vink, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

brain swelling; fluid percussion; hemorrhage; impact acceleration; neurotrauma

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 80054737766     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2011.1785     Document Type: Article

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