Anterior fracture-dislocation is more severe than lateral: A biomechanical and neuropathological comparison in rat thoracolumbar spine

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 371-383

  Clarke, Elizabeth C ^a,b   Choo, Anthony M ^c   Liu, Jie ^c   Lam, Clarrie K ^c   Bilston, Lynne E ^b   Tetzlaff, Wolfram ^c   Oxland, Thomas R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axonal injury; Biomechanics; Fracture dislocation; Neuropathology; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; GRAY MATTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; WHITE MATTER;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; DISLOCATIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 41449118665     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2007.0421     Document Type: Article

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