Aspiration of a cervical spinal contusion injury in preparation for delayed peripheral nerve grafting does not impair forelimb behavior or axon regeneration

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 489-500

  Sandrow, Harra R ^a   Shumsky, Jed S ^a   Amin, Arthi ^a   Houle, John D ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical contusion; CNS regeneration; Forelimb behavior; Peripheral nerve graft; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GRIP STRENGTH; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; WALKING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ECTODYSPLASINS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LOCOMOTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 41249099945     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2007.11.029     Document Type: Article

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