Appendum pasted into front end-papers. / Bibliography: leaves xiii-xliii. / xi, 195, xliii leaves : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Traumatic brain injury (TBI) effects neuronal cell bodies (NCBs), axons and dendrites in a complex fashion, producing a spectrum of damage dependent on the initial injury and secondary effects. Accumulation of amyloid precursor (APP) in NSBs and axons is a feature of TBI. This accumulation may be due to impairment of the axonal transport of APP and/or upregulation of APP mRNA synthesis. This thesis hypothesizes that mechanical deformation, which is not severe enough to cause immediate cell death, results in increased APP mRNA and antigen expression as an acute phase response to injury. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Pathology, 1999
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/260693 |
| Date | January 1999 |
| Creators | Heuvel, Corinna van den |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
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