Quantitative relationship between axonal injury and mechanical response in a Rodent head impact acceleration model

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1767-1782

  Li, Yan ^a   Zhang, Liying ^a   Kallakuri, Srinivasu ^a   Zhou, Runzhou ^a   Cavanaugh, John M ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

corpus callosum; head impact acceleration model; linear and angular head motion; rat; traumatic axonal injury

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN;

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; BIOMECHANICS; BIOSENSOR; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEIGHT; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TELEVISION CAMERA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VELOCITY;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; HEAD; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; ROTATION;

EID: 80054802885     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2010.1687     Document Type: Article

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