Cauda equina repair in the rat: Part 2. Time course of ventral root conduction failure

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1683-1690

  Mackenzie, Samuel J ^a   Smirnov, Igor ^b   Calancie, Blair ^b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

electric stimulation; electromyography; neurofilament proteins; rats; spinal nerve roots; tail; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE ROOT; NERVE STUMP; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; RAT; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; CAUDA EQUINA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861970560     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2010.1571     Document Type: Article

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