Early adaptive changes in chronic paraplegic mice: a model to study rapid health degradation after spinal cord injury.
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Abstract
Literature review. To describe quantitatively some of most important anatomic, systemic, and metabolic changes occurring soon (one month) after spinal cord trauma in mice. University Laval Medical Center. Significant changes in weight, mechanical and contractile muscle properties, bone histomorphometry and biomechanics, deep-vein morphology, complete blood count, immune cell count, lipid metabolism and anabolic hormone levels were found occurring within 1 month in completely spinal cord transected (Th9/10) mice. These data reveal that many changes in mice and humans are comparable suggesting, in turn, that this model may be a valuable tool for neuroscientists to investigate the specific mechanisms associated with rapid health degradation post-SCI.
Medical subject headings
- Disease Models, Animal
- Paraplegia
- Spinal Cord Injuries