Chronic spinal compression model in minipigs: A systematic behavioral, qualitative, and quantitative neuropathological study

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 499-513

  Navarro, Roman ^a   Juhas, Stefan ^b   Keshavarzi, Sassan ^c   Juhasova, Jana ^b   Motlik, Jan ^b   Johe, Karl ^d   Marsala, Silvia ^a   Scadeng, Miriam ^c   Lazar, Peter ^e   Tomori, Zoltan ^f   Schulteis, Gery ^a   Beattie, Michael ^g   Ciacci, Joseph D ^c   Marsala, Martin ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Neuralstem Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^f INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Slovakia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

axonal loss; chronic spinal injury; minipig; paraplegia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; IMMOBILIZATION; MINIPIG; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEURINOMA; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ANAL CANAL; ANIMALS; AXONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84857314476     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2011.2076     Document Type: Article

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