Changes of cervical dorsal root ganglia induced by compression injury and decompression procedure: A novel rat model of cervical radiculoneuropathy

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 289-295

  Tang, Zhan Ying ^a   Shu, Bing ^a   Cui, Xue Jun ^a   Zhou, Chong Jian ^a   Shi, Qi ^a   Holz, Jonathan ^b   Wang, Yong Jun ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Compression injury; Decompression procedure; Dorsal root ganglia

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SILICA GEL; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; CELL SWELLING; CELL VACUOLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEMYELINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBROGENESIS; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSOSOME; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYELITIS; NERVE FIBER; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SATELLITE CELL; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DINOPROSTONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PHOSPHOLIPASES A2; RADICULOPATHY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STAINING AND LABELING; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 60749129004     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2008.0506     Document Type: Article

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