Air gun impactor-a novel model of graded white matter spinal cord injury in rodents

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 561-568

  Marcol, Wiesław ^a   Ślusarczyk, Wojciech ^a   Gzik, Marek ^b   Larysz Brysz, Magdalena ^a   Bobrowski, Micha ^b   Grynkiewicz Bylina, Beata ^b   Rosicka, Paulina ^c   Kalita, Katarzyna ^c   Weglarz, Wadysaw ^c   Barski, Jarosawj ^a   Kotulska, Katarzyna ^d   Abuzek, Krzysztof ^a   Lewin Kowalik, Joanna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b KOMAG   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^d CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

animal model; spinal cord injury; syringomyelia; trauma

Indexed keywords

AIR GUN IMPACTOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GUNSHOT INJURY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYRINGOMYELIA; WAVEFORM; WHITE MATTER INJURY;

AIR PRESSURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84866394318     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1315779     Document Type: Article

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