Characterization of a novel bidirectional distraction spinal cord injury animal model

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-103

  Seifert, J L ^a,b   Bell, J E ^a,b   Elmer, B B ^a,b   Sucato, D J ^c   Romero, M I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Distraction SCI; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE SURGERY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINE; TRACTION;

EID: 79953039541     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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