A Vertebral Dislocation Model of Spinal Cord Injury in Rats

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 451-458

  Fiford, Rodney J ^a   Bilston, L E ^b   Waite, P ^b   Lu, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

amyloid precursor protein; Animal model; Axonal injury; Rat; Spinal cord injury; Subluxation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE DISEASE; TECHNIQUE; VELOCITY; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BLOOD VESSELS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINE; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 1942521624     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/089771504323004593     Document Type: Article

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