Reproducible Motor Deficit Following Aortic Occlusion in a Rat Model Of Spinal Cord IschemiaJin-Young Hwang 1, Hye-Min Sohn 2, Jin-Hee Kim 2, Seongjoo Park 2, Jin-Woo Park 2, Mi-Sun Lim 2, Sung-Hee Han 2
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.
