An inexpensive apparatus for producing graded spinal cord contusive injury in the rat.

Abstract:

:We recently described an experimental model of spinal cord contusive injury in the rat in which a modified weight-drop apparatus is used to generate reproducible mild, moderate, or severe final functional deficit. We now report several inexpensive alternatives for portions of the original apparatus which allow the production of contusive injuries without the necessity of an expensive commercial stereotaxic frame or custom-machined clamp holders.

journal_name

Exp Neurol

journal_title

Experimental neurology

authors

Noble LJ,Wrathall JR

doi

10.1016/0014-4886(87)90162-2

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1987-02-01 00:00:00

pages

530-3

issue

2

eissn

0014-4886

issn

1090-2430

pii

0014-4886(87)90162-2

journal_volume

95

pub_type

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