A mouse model of human repetitive mild traumatic brain injury

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-49

  Kane, Michael J ^a,b   Angoa Pérez, Mariana ^a,b   Briggs, Denise I ^a,b   Viano, David C ^c,d   Kreipke, Christian W ^a,b   Kuhn, Donald M ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PROBIOMECHANICS LLC   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concussive; Head acceleration; Mild; Repetitive; Tauopathy; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONCUSSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERACTIVITY; LOCOMOTION; MICROGLIA; MORTALITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REPETITIVE MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; RIGHTING REFLEX; SEIZURE; SKULL; SKULL FRACTURE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 81555219233     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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