Systemic hypothermia improves histological and functional outcome after cervical spinal cord contusion in rats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 514, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 433-448

  Lo Jr , Thomas Pang ^a   Cho, Kyoung Suok ^b   Garg, Maneesh Sen ^a   Lynch, Michael Patrick ^a   Marcillo, Alexander Eduardo ^a   Koivisto, Denise Leigh ^a   Stagg, Monica ^a   Abril, Rosa Marie ^a   Patel, Samik ^a   Dietrich, W Dalton ^a   Pearse, Damien Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Uijeongbu St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Axon sparing; Cooling; Forelimb function; Neuroprotection; Reticulospinal; Spinal cord injury; Tissue loss

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD CONTUSION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; FEMALE; FISCHER 344 RAT; FORELIMB; GRAY MATTER; GRIP STRENGTH; HISTOLOGY; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WARMING; WHITE MATTER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN STEM; CELL SURVIVAL; CERVICAL SPINE; CRYOANESTHESIA; DISEASE MODEL; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

NERVE PROTEIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CELL SURVIVAL; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66149096703     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22014     Document Type: Article

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