Balloon device for experimental graded spinal cord compression in the rat

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 257-261

  Oro, John J ^a   Gibbs, Scott R ^a   Haghighi, Siavash S ^b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloon compression; Cortical somatosensory evoked potentials; Experimental spinal cord injury; Motor evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

LATEX;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BALLOON DILATATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 0342699440     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024720-199906000-00016     Document Type: Article

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