Neurobehavioral, neuropathological and biochemical profiles in a novel mouse model of co-morbid post-traumatic stress disorder and mild traumatic brain injury

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JUNE, 2014, Pages

  Ojo, Joseph O ^a   Greenberg, M Banks ^a   Leary, Paige ^a   Mouzon, Benoit ^a,b,c   Bachmeier, Corbin ^a,b,c   Mullan, Michael ^a,b,c   Diamond, David M ^b,d   Crawford, Fiona ^a,b,c  

^a ROSKAMP INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety and social behavior; Cognitive function; Mild traumatic brain injury; Mouse models; Plasma and brain biomarkers; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOKINE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; NEUROFILAMENT L PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN WEIGHT; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MICROGLIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RADIAL ARM WATER MAZE TEST; ROTAROD TEST; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL RECOGNITION TEST; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY TEST; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER INJURY;

EID: 84908607491     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00213     Document Type: Article

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