The role of spinal tissue scarring in the pathogenesis of progressive post-traumatic myelomalacia

Neurological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 802-806

  Morikawa, Toshie ^a   Takami, Toshihiro ^a   Tsuyuguchi, Naohiro ^a   Sakamoto, Hiroaki ^b   Ohata, Kenji ^a   Hara, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Myelomalacia; Spinal cord injury; Spinal tissue scarring

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAY MATTER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PARENCHYMA; PATHOGENESIS; RAT; SCAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD MALACIA; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOTIN; CICATRIX; DEXTRANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HYPERALGESIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845405528     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164106X110355     Document Type: Article

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