A novel animal model of closed-head concussive-induced mild traumatic brain injury: Development, implementation, and characterization

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 268-280

  Chen, Zhiyong ^a   Leung, Lai Yee ^a   Mountney, Andrea ^a   Liao, Zhilin ^a   Yang, Weihong ^a   Lu, Xi Chun May ^a   Dave, Jitendra ^a   Deng Bryant, Ying ^a   Wei, Guo ^a   Schmid, Kara ^a   Shear, Deborah A ^a   Tortella, Frank C ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

biomarker; brain injury; closed head injury; concussion; mild traumatic projectile concussive impact; motor function; rat helmet

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN; STAINLESS STEEL; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLOSED HEAD CONCUSSIVE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEATING; HELMET; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN INJURIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84863069049     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2011.2057     Document Type: Article

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