A Monitored Contusion Model of Spinal Cord Injury in the Rat

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 123-128

  Gruner, John A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMAL; CONTUSIONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0026802223     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.1992.9.123     Document Type: Article

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