A New Model for Tethered Cord Syndrome: A Biochemical, Electrophysiological, and Electron Microscopic Study

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 120-126

  Koçak, Ayhan ^a   Kiliç, Alper ^b   Nurlu, Giilay ^c   Konan, Ali ^c   Kilinç, Kamer ^c   Çirak, Bayram ^d   Çolak, Ahmet ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c Department of Neurology ^*  (Turkey)

^d HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cyanoacrylate; Evoked potentials; Free radicals; Motor evoked potentials; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Tethered cord syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FREE RADICALS; GUINEA PIGS; HYPOXANTHINE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYELIN SHEATH; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030710227     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121176     Document Type: Article

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