Spinal Cord Injury Produced by Consistent Mechanical Displacement of the Cord in Rats: Behavioral and Histologic Analysis

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 197-217

  Behrmann, Donald L ^a   Bresnahan, Jacqueline C ^a   Beattie, Michael S ^a   Shah, Bivic R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026472710     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.1992.9.197     Document Type: Article

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