Neuroprotective and neurorestorative effects of thymosin β4 treatment initiated 6 hours after traumatic brain injury in rats: Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1081-1092

  Xiong, Ye ^a   Zhang, Yanlu ^a   Mahmood, Asim ^a   Meng, Yuling ^a   Zhang, Zheng Gang ^b   Morris, Daniel C ^a   Chopp, Michael ^b,c  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurogenesis; Neuroprotection; Rat; Thymosin 4; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

THYMOSIN BETA4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SIZE; CELL LOSS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGICAL SEVERITY SCORE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INJURIES; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENTATE GYRUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEUROGENESIS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; THYMOSIN;

EID: 84860737622     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.1.JNS111729     Document Type: Article

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