Traumatic Brain Injury pathophysiology and treatments: Early, intermediate, and late phases post-injury

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 309-341

  Algattas, Hanna ^a   Huang, Jason H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Excitotoxicity; Inflammation; Seizure; Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI); Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR2; CXCL2 CHEMOKINE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; GLUTAMIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; LACTATE SODIUM; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 3ALPHA; MANNITOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOPIRAMATE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VALPROIC ACID; VITAMIN D; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN METABOLISM; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; EXCITOTOXICITY; HIPPOCAMPAL MOSSY FIBER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPEROSMOLARITY; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MICROGLIA; MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEIZURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; BRAIN INJURIES; FACTUAL DATABASE; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEIZURES;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN INJURIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; PROGESTERONE; SEIZURES;

EID: 84891602075     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms15010309     Document Type: Review

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