Evaluation of the hematoma consequences, neurobehavioral profiles, and histopathology in a rat model of pontine hemorrhage ; Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 465-477

  Lekic, Tim ^a   Rolland, William ^a   Manaenko, Anatol ^a   Krafft, Paul R ^a   Kamper, Joel E ^b   Suzuki, Hidenori ^a   Hartman, Richard E ^b   Tang, Jiping ^a   Zhang, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Neurobehavioral testing; Pontine hemorrhage; Rat; Vascular disorders

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGENASE; EVANS BLUE; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; PROTEIN ZO1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MORTALITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; OBSTRUCTIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY PONTINE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; ROTAROD TEST; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WATER CONTENT; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COGNITION; COLLAGENASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEMATOMA; MALE; PONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WATER;

EID: 84873667248     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.10.JNS111836     Document Type: Article

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