Closed head injury in rats: histopathological aspects in an experimental weight drop model Trauma craniano fechado em ratos: aspectos histopatológicos em um modelo experimental de queda de peso

PURPOSE: To study histopathological findings due to a model of closed head injury by weight loss in rats. METHODS: A platform was used to induce closed cranial lesion controlled by weight loss with a known and predefined energy. 25 male Wistar rats (Rattus novergicus albinus) were divided in five eq...

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Main Authors: Danilo dos Santos Silva, José Nazareno Pearce de Oliveira Brito, Jerúsia Oliveira Ibiapina, Marcel Fernando Miranda Batista Lima, Andréa Ribeiro Gonçalves de Vasconcelos Medeiros, Bárbara Hamedy Carvalho e Queiroz, Aline Lariessy Campos Paiva, Vanessa Olímpio de Melo Guedes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2012-04-01
Series:Acta Cirurgica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-86502012000400002