A Novel porcine model of traumatic thoracic spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 142-159

  Lee, Jae H T ^a   Jones, Claire F ^a   Okon, Elena B ^a   Anderson, Lisa ^a   Tigchelaar, Seth ^a   Kooner, Paul ^a   Godbey, Tamara ^a   Chua, Bev ^a   Gray, Gordon ^a   Hildebrandt, Rhonda ^a   Cripton, Peter ^a   Tetzlaff, Wolfram ^a   Kwon, Brian K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

contusion; porcine; PTIBS; SCI

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INJURY SEVERITY; MINIPIG; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PORCINE THORACIC INJURY BEHAVIOR SCALE; RELIABILITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SWINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 84873399895     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2012.2386     Document Type: Article

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