Effects of blast-induced neurotrauma on the nucleus accumbens

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 593-601

  Sajja, Venkata Siva Sai Sujith ^a   Galloway, Matthew ^b   Ghoddoussi, Farhad ^b   Kepsel, Andrea ^c   Vandevord, Pamela ^a,c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

1H MRS; Blast; Cognition; Inflammation; Neurotrauma; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CREATINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCEROPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; N ACETYL ASPARTATE GLUTAMATE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; BLAST INDUCED NEUROTRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ASPARTIC ACID; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; CASPASE 3; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN;

EID: 84873709967     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23179     Document Type: Article

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