Citation

Lorente L. Brain Sci. 2017; 7(11): e7110142.

Affiliation

Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife 38320, Spain. lorentemartin@msn.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Switzerland Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) AG)

DOI

10.3390/brainsci7110142

PMID

29076989

Abstract

This review focuses on biomarkers associated with the outcome of traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients, such as caspase-3; total antioxidant capacity; melatonin; S100B protein; glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP); glutamate; lactate; brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); substance P; neuron-specific enolase (NSE); ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L-1 (UCH-L1); tau; decanoic acid; and octanoic acid.

Language: en

Keywords

biomarkers; caspase-3; malondialdehyde; melatonin; mortality; prognosis; substance P; total antioxidant capacity; traumatic brain injury