Spinal cord compression injury in the mouse: Presentation of a model including assessment of motor dysfunction

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-22

  Farooque, Mohammad ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Locomotion assessment; Mouse; Spinal cord injury model

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TIME; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HINDLIMB; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; PARAPLEGIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034043605     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010051187     Document Type: Article

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