Histopathological and behavioral characterization of a novel cervical spinal cord displacement contusion injury in the rat

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 680-702

  Pearse, Damien Daniel ^a   Lo Jr , T P ^a   Cho, K S ^b   Lynch, M P ^a   Garg, M S ^a   Marcillo, A E ^a   Sanchez, A R ^a   Cruz, Y ^a   Dietrich, W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Uijeongbu St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Axon; Cervical contusion; Model; Neuron; Neuroprotection; Regeneration; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD DISPLACEMENT CONTUSION INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; DEVICE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJURY SCALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TISSUE INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARESIS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20544456438     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2005.22.680     Document Type: Article

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