Expression and activation of EphA4 in the human brain after traumatic injury

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 242-250

  Frugier, Tony ^a,c   Conquest, Alison ^a,c   McLean, Catriona ^b   Currie, Peter ^d   Moses, David ^e   Goldshmit, Yona ^d  

^a NATIONAL TRAUMA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Department of Medicine ^*  (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; EphA4; Ephrin; Human brain; MAPK; Rho; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN A4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AXONAL INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPHRINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTERFERON-GAMMA; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTOR, EPHA4; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857550556     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: 15546578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NEN.0b013e3182496149     Document Type: Article

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