A novel thermoelectric cooling device using Peltier modules for inducing local hypothermia of the spinal cord: The effect of local electrically controlled cooling for the treatment of spinal cord injuries in conscious rats

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 279-282

  Morizane, Kei ^a   Ogata, Tadanori ^a   Morino, Tadao ^a   Horiuchi, Hideki ^a   Yamaoka, Gotaro ^a   Hino, Masayuki ^b   Miura, Hiromasa ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavior; Local cooling; Microglia; Mild hypothermia; Spinal cord; TNF

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOELECTRIC COOLING DEVICE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84856521847     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: 18728111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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