An experimental protocol for mimicking pathomechanisms of traumatic brain injury in mice

Experimental and Translational Stroke Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Albert Weißenberger, Christiane ^a   Várrallyay, Csanád ^a   Raslan, Furat ^a   Kleinschnitz, Christoph ^a   Sirén, Anna Leena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Closed head injury; Microglia; Neurobehavioural deficits; Neurons; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN TISSUE; HEMISPHERE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84858144188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20407378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2040-7378-4-1     Document Type: Review

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