Clip compression model is useful for thoracic spinal cord injuries: Histologic and functional correlates

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 2853-2859

  Poon, Peter C ^a   Gupta, Dimpy ^a   Shoichet, Molly S ^a   Tator, Charles H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

BBB; Cavity formation; Clip compression injury; Rat thoracic spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM CLIP; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HISTOLOGY; INJURY SEVERITY; LAMINECTOMY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; HOSPITALIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINAL CORD; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TIME; VERTEBRA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LAMINECTOMY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39049145237     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31815b7e6b     Document Type: Article

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