Characterization of a cervical spinal cord hemicontusion injury in mice using the infinite horizon impactor

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 869-883

  Streijger, Femke ^a   Beernink, Tim M J ^a   Lee, Jae H T ^a   Bhatnagar, Tim ^a,b   Park, Soeyun ^a,b   Kwon, Brian K ^a,b   Tetzlaff, Wolfram ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON REPAIR DISCOVERIES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical hemicontusion; Compression; Dwell time; Forelimb function; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; EQUIPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FOREFOOT; FORELIMB; GAIT; GRAY MATTER; GRIP STRENGTH; GROOMING; INFINITE HORIZON IMPACTOR; INJURY SEVERITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MONTOYA STAIRCASE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REARING; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HAND STRENGTH; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, ANIMAL; NECK INJURIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84878339066     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2012.2405     Document Type: Article

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