The distribution of tissue damage in the spinal cord is influenced by the contusion velocity

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Sparrey, Carolyn J ^a,b   Choo, Anthony M ^a,b   Liu, Jie ^a,b   Tetzlaff, Wolfram ^a,b   Oxland, Thomas R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Division of Orthopaedic Engineering Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Impact velocity; In vivo studies; Injury models; Traumatic spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLEEDING; BLOOD VOLUME; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; GRAY MATTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TISSUE INJURY; WHITE MATTER; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEMORRHAGE; MALE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 58149189070     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181894fd3     Document Type: Article

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