Behavioral and physiological methods for early quantitative assessment of spinal cord injury and prognosis in rats
Methods for reliable evaluation of spinal cord (SC) injury in rats at short periods (2 and 24 h) after lesion were tested to characterize the mechanisms implicated in primary SC damage. We measured the physiological changes occurring after several procedures for producing SC injury, with particular...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2006-12-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006001200013 |