Cauda equina repair in the rat: Part 1. Stimulus-evoked EMG for identifying spinal nerves innervating intrinsic tail muscles

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1405-1416

  Blaskiewicz, Don J ^a   Smirnov, Igor ^a   Cisu, Tudor ^a   DeRuisseau, Lara R ^b   Stelzner, Dennis J ^a   Calancie, Blair ^a,c  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b LE MOYNE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric stimulation; Electromyography; Rats; Spinal nerve roots; Tail

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; COCCYGEAL BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE ROOT; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINE INJURY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TAIL; VENTRAL ROOT; ANIMAL; INNERVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL NERVE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; CAUDA EQUINA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL NERVES; TAIL;

EID: 68349083263     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2008.0791     Document Type: Article

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