Graded unilateral cervical spinal cord injury and respiratory motor recovery
Graded unilateral cervical spinal cord injury and respiratory motor recovery
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DOI:
10.1016/j.resp.2008.12.010
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发表时间:
2009-02-28
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Reier, P. J.
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作者:
Fuller, D. D.;Sandhu, M. S.;Reier, P. J.
We examined the potential contribution of ventromedial (VM) tissue sparing to respiratory recovery following chronic (1 mo) unilateral C2 spinal cord injury (SCI) in rats. Preserved white matter ipsilateral to the injury was quantitatively expressed relative to contralateral white matter. The ipsilateral-to-contralateral white matter ratio was 0 after complete C2 hemisection (C2HS) and 0.23 +/- 0.04 with minimal VM sparing. Inspiratory (breath min(-1)) and phrenic frequency (burst min(-1)), measured by plethysmography (conscious rats) and phrenic neurograms (anesthetized rats) respectively, were both lower with minimal VM sparing (p