The effects of mechanical compression and hypoxia on nerve root and dorsal root ganglia: An analysis of ectopic firing using an in vitro model

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2089-2094

  Sugawara, Osamu ^a   Atsuta, Yuji ^a   Iwahara, Toshihito ^a   Muramoto, Toshiaki ^a   Watakabe, Makoto ^a   Takemitsu, Yoshiharu ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

dorsal root; dorsal root ganglia; ectopic firing; hypoxia; in vitro model; mechanical compression; radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HYPOXIA; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; LUMBAR SPINE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL GANGLION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BIOMECHANICS; DOGS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GANGLIA, SPINAL; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0029782226     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199609150-00006     Document Type: Article

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