The polyamine inhibitor alpha-difluoromethylornithine modulates hippocampus-dependent function after single and combined injuries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Rosi, Susanna ^a,b   Ferguson, Ryan ^a,b   Fishman, Kelly ^a,b   Allen, Antino ^a,b   Raber, Jacob ^c,d   Fike, John R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY REGULATED CYTOSKELETON ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; EFLORNITHINE; POLYAMINE; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; C57BL MOUSE; COGNITION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; MEMORY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SWIMMING; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EFLORNITHINE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POLYAMINES; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 84856386376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031094     Document Type: Article

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