Development and characterization of a novel rat model of cervical spondylotic myelopathy: The impact of chronic cord compression on clinical, neuroanatomical, and neurophysiological outcomes

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1012-1027

  Lee, Jangbo ^a   Satkunendrarajah, Kajana ^a   Fehlings, Michael G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

cervical spondylotic myelopathy; chronic compression; micro CT; rat model; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GRAY MATTER; GRIP STRENGTH; LOCOMOTION; MEDICAL DEVICE; MICROCOMPUTER; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STENOSIS; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 84863369604     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2010.1709     Document Type: Article

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