Effect of decompression on complete spinal cord injury in rats

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1359-1373

  Rahimi Movaghar, Vafa ^a,b,d   Yazdi, Atefeh ^b   Karimi, Mehrbod ^b   Mohammadi, Mehdi ^b   Firouzi, Masoumeh ^c   Zanjani, Leila Oryadi ^c   Nabian, Mohammad Hosein ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^d ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

BBB*; Complete spinal cord injury; Decompression; Histopathology; Timing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GLIOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RAT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51849136519     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450701392340     Document Type: Article

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