Cerebrolysin improves cognitive performance in rats after mild traumatic brain injury

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 843-855

  Zhang, Yanlu ^a   Chopp, Michael ^a,b   Meng, Yuling ^a   Zhang, Zheng Gang ^a   Doppler, Edith ^c   Winter, Stefan ^c   Schallert, Timothy ^d   Mahmood, Asim ^a   Xiong, Ye ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EVER Neuro Pharma GmbH   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid precursor protein; Cerebrolysin; Cognitive function; Mild closed head injury; Neuroblast; Neurogenesis; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CEREBROLYSIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; AMINO ACID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; CELL COUNTING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HISTOLOGY; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; ODOR RECOGNITION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ACCELERATION; ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CELL COUNT; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; MALE; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WISTAR RAT;

ACCELERATION; AMINO ACIDS; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CELL COUNT; COGNITION DISORDERS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84930364260     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.11.JNS14271     Document Type: Article

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