Is clip compression model useful for thoracic spinal cord injuries : histologic and functional correlates?
The rat thoracic cord clip compression model is a reproducible, clinically relevant spinal cord injury model. This is the first time that the force of clip compression injury in the rat thoracic cord has been correlated with both functional and histologic outcome measures.
Human AF causes local cardiac platelet activation within minutes of onset. The results demonstrate how AF alone, independent of other risk factors, may contribute to the hypercoagulable state.