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Characterization of recovery, repair, and inflammatory processes following contusion spinal cord injury in old female rats: is age a limitation?

BACKGROUND: Although the incidence of spinal cord injury (SCI) is steadily rising in the elderly human population, few studies have investigated the effect of age in rodent models. Here, we investigated the effect of age in female rats on spontaneous recovery and repair after SCI. Young (3 months) a...

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Autores principales: Hooshmand, Mitra J, Galvan, Manuel D, Partida, Elizabeth, Anderson, Aileen J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4265993/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25512759
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4933-11-15