Calibrated forceps model of spinal cord compression injury

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn 2015, Issue 98, 2015, Pages

  McDonough, Ashley ^a,b   Monterrubio, Angela ^a,b   Ariza, Jeanelle ^a,b   Martínez Cerdeño, Verónica ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Shriners Hospital for Children   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression injury; Compression model; Issue 98; Laminectomy; Medicine; Modified forceps; Murine spinal cord; Neurological deficit; Reproducible animal model; Reproducible deficit; SCI

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CALIBRATION; DISEASE MODEL; LAMINECTOMY; MOUSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LAMINECTOMY; MICE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84937941469     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/52318     Document Type: Article

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