A comparative histological analysis of two models of nerve root avulsion injury in the adult rat

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 613-632

  Chew, D J ^a   Carlstedt, T ^b   Shortland, P J ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avulsion; Cell death; Glia; Pain; Rhizotomy; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; GLIOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INTRACTABLE PAIN; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GLIOSIS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RADICULOPATHY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RHIZOTOMY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 80052363828     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2011.01176.x     Document Type: Article

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