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Chapters
- 00:02Introduction
- 01:24Preparing Spinal Cord Emulsion
- 08:43Loading Glass Syringes with Emulsion
- 12:37Injecting Rats with Spinal Cord Emulsion
- 15:51Monitoring Clinical Signs (CS)
- 17:31CS 0.0 – No Symptoms of EAE
- 18:50CS 0.5 – Distal Limp Tail
- 19:29CS 1.0 – Limp Tail
- 20:21CS 2.0 – Weakened Hindlimbs
- 21:59CS 3.0 – Moderate Hindlimb Paralysis
- 23:06CS 3.5 – Paralysis of Single Hindlimb
- 23:28CS 4.0 – Complete Hindlimb Paralysis
- 23:44CS 5.0 – Complete Hindlimb Paralysis and Incontinence
- 24:07Caring for Animals with EAE
- 24:53Conclusion
- 26:39End Credits
This video demonstrates the induction and clinical scoring of an animal model of multiple sclerosis: chronic-relapsing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in DA rats. The disease, induced by immunizing rats with an emulsion containing whole rat spinal cord and complete Freund's adjuvant, presents clinical signs resembling the human disease.
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InductionClinical ScoringChronic-Relapsing Experimental Autoimmune EncephalomyelitisMultiple SclerosisChronic Inflammatory DiseaseCentral Nervous SystemDemyelinationGlial ScaringBrainSpinal CordDemyelinated PlaquesParaparesisParalysisBlindnessIncontinenceExperimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE)MS ModelVaccinationRabiesViruses Grown On Rabbit Spinal CordsCNS DiseaseNon-human Primates Immunized With A CNS HomogenateSpecies/strainImmunizing AntigenLewis RatsMyelin Basic Protein In Emulsion With AdjuvantGuinea PigsDA RatsDA Rat Spinal CordComplete Freund’s AdjuvantAscending Flaccid Paralysis
