SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul

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Medicine

Reproducible Motor Deficit Following Aortic Occlusion in a Rat Model Of Spinal Cord Ischemia

Jin-Young Hwang¹, Hye-Min Sohn², Jin-Hee Kim², Seongjoo Park², Jin-Woo Park², Mi-Sun Lim², Sung-Hee Han²

¹Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, ²Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, SNU Bundang Hospital, Seongnamsi, Gyeonggido, Republic of Korea

This study demonstrates the technique to make a minimally invasive and easily reproducible model of spinal cord ischemia in rats. Various degrees of hind limb motor deficit can be produced by controlling the aortic occlusion time.