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A Contusion Model of Severe Spinal Cord Injury in Rats
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A Contusion Model of Severe Spinal Cord Injury in Rats

A Contusion Model of Severe Spinal Cord Injury in Rats

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August 17, 2013

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10.3791/50111-v

DOI:
10.3791/50111-v

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August 17, 2013

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1Department of Neuroscience, Division of Neurosurgery,Medical University of South Carolina, 2Bioengineering,Clemson University, 3Clemson-MUSC Bioengineering Joint Program

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A contusion model of severe spinal cord injury is described. Detailed pre-operative, operative and post-operative steps are described to obtain a consistent model.

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Krishna, V., Andrews, H., Jin, X., Yu, J., Varma, A., Wen, X., Kindy, M. A Contusion Model of Severe Spinal Cord Injury in Rats. J. Vis. Exp. (78), e50111, doi:10.3791/50111 (2013).

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