Comparison of immunopathology and locomotor recovery in C57BL/6, BUB/BnJ, and NOD-SCID mice after contusion spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 411-421

  Luchetti, Sabina ^a,b,c   Beck, Kevin D ^a,b   Galvan, Manuel D ^a,b   Silva, Richard ^a,b   Cummings, Brian J ^a,b   Anderson, Aileen J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal studies; Immunohistochemistry; Inflammation; Locomotor function; Traumatic spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BUB BNJ MOUSE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NONOBESE DIABETIC MOUSE; SCID MOUSE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEREOLOGY;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, SCID; MICROGLIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 77649160197     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2009.0930     Document Type: Article

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