The pig model of chronic paraplegia: A challenge for experimental studies in spinal cord injury

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 288-303

  Zurita, Mercedes ^a   Aguayo, Concepción ^a   Bonilla, Celia ^a   Otero, Laura ^a   Rico, Miguel ^a   Rodríguez, Alicia ^a   Vaquero, Jesús ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal model; Neural regeneration; Paraplegia; Paraplegic pig; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ANIMAL HOUSING; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLADDER DISTENSION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING; CHRONIC PARAPLEGIA; DECUBITUS; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DIURESIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FECES IMPACTION; FLUID INTAKE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; GAIT; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMATURIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HYDROTHERAPY; ILEUS; INCONTINENCE ULCER; INTESTINE SOUND; KINESIOTHERAPY; LAMINECTOMY; MINIPIG; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PARALYSIS; PARAPLEGIA; PERISTALSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SHOCK; SKIN CARE; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL SHOCK; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TREADMILL; ULCER; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE VOLUME; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WALKING AID; WHEELCHAIR;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION; SWINE;

EID: 84861204894     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: 18735118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2012.04.005     Document Type: Review

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