Spinal cord injury models: A review

Spinal Cord

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 588-595

  Cheriyan, T ^a   Ryan, D J ^a   Weinreb, J H ^a   Cheriyan, J ^b   Paul, J C ^a   Lafage, V ^a   Kirsch, T ^a   Errico, T J ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR GUN IMPACTOR; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BALLOON COMPRESSION; BONE DISTRACTOR; BONE IMPACTOR; CALIBRATED FORCEPS COMPRESSION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CLAMP; CLIP COMPRESSION; COMPRESSION INSTRUMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY; HARRINGTON DISTRACTOR; INFINITE HORIZON IMPACTOR; LAMINECTOMY; MULTICENTER ANIMAL SPINAL CORD INJURY STUDY IMPACTOR; NEW YORK UNIVERSITY IMPACTOR; NONHUMAN; OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY IMPACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL ANIMAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD CONTUSION; SPINAL CORD DISLOCATION; SPINAL CORD DISTRACTION; SPINAL CORD FULL TRANSECTION; SPINAL CORD PARTIAL TRANSECTION; SPINAL CORD STRAPPING; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SPINE STABILIZATION; UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA MULTIMECHANISM DEVICE; UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON DISTRACTOR; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84905575721     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2014.91     Document Type: Review

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