Rostral segments of the spinal cord hindlimb enlargement are more important than caudal segments for generating locomotion and scratching rhythms in limbed vertebrates, but the adequacy of rostral segments has not been directly compared between locomotion and scratching. We separated caudal segments from immobilized low-spinal turtles by sequential spinal cord transections. After separation of ...

acute injuries of the spine and spinal cord are among the most causes of severe disability and death after trauma. data about spine fracture with or without cord damage are different. the aim of this study was to determine epidemiology and demographics of spinal injury in main trauma center, guilan, an iranian province. the present study was a descriptive study of all cases of traumatic spine i...

Spinal cord injury is a devastating chronic condition resulting in temporary or permanent motor,sensory or autonomic dysfunction of the cord. The manifestation of spinal cord injury based onthe severity and involved areas could be different. Numerous studies have demonstrated thatbradycardia, hypotension, and orthostatic hypotension are present insignificant number ofpat...

brown tumors may occur secondary to hyperparathyroidism in patients with chronic renal failure (ckd). they are increasingly rare because hyperparathyroidism in now diagnosed and treated at an early stage. we report 67-year-old man who had been on hemodialysis for crf for over 3 years, who presented with back pain over the thoracolumbar junction from 2 years ago and because of pain he could not ...

introduction: the aim of this study was to report surgical strategies and clinical outcomes for thoraco-lumbar intradural lipomas. intraspinal lipomas are rare congenital histologically benign neoplasms, which account for less than 1% of all spinal cord tumors. these tumors are most frequently found in the lumbosacral area as components of a dysraphic state, however, intramedullary lipomas are ...

background: spinal cord injury (sci) is a major clinical condition and research is commonly done to find suitable treatment options. however, there are some degrees of spontaneous recovery after sci and gender is said to be a contributing factor in recovery, but this is controversial. this study was done to compare the effects of sexual dimorphism on spontaneous recovery after spinal cord injur...

The ability of mammalian spinal cords to generate rhythmic motor behavior in nonlimb moving segments was examined in isolated spinal cords of neonatal rats. Stimulation of sacrocaudal afferents (SCA) induced alternating left-right bursts in lumbosacral efferents and in tail muscles. On each side of the tail, flexors, extensors, and abductors were coactive during each cycle of activity. This rhy...

OBJECTIVE To determine the concentration of nitrate/nitrite in the cerebrospinal fluid and in the dorsal horn interstice of the L6-S1 spinal cord boundary in rats with or without cystitis induced by cyclophosphamide. METHODS All experiments were conducted using Wistar female rats. A microdialysis probe was implanted in the subarachnoid space or in the spinal cord tissue at the L6-S1 segments ...

The Chinese medicine compound, Jisuikang, can promote recovery of neurological function by inhibiting lipid peroxidation, scavenging oxygen free radicals, and effectively improving the local microenvironment after spinal cord injury. However, the mechanism remains unclear. Thus, we established a rat model of acute spinal cord injury using a modified version of Allen's method. Jisuikang (50, 25,...