Acta Vet. Brno 2014, 83: 393-397

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb201483040393

Assessment of motor recovery and MRI correlates in a porcine spinal cord injury model

Igor Šulla1, Ladislav Bačiak2, Ivo Juránek3, Tatiana Cicholesová4, Martin Boldižár5, Vladimír Balik6, Nadežda Lukáčová7

1University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Physiology, Kosice, Slovakia
2Slovak Technical University, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Department of NMR Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry, Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Bratislava, Slovakia
3Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, Bratislava, Slovakia
4University Hospital of L. Pasteur, Department of Physiotherapy, Kosice, Slovakia
5University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Clinic for Horses, Kosice, Slovakia
6University Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Olomouc, Czech Republic
7Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Neurobiology, Kosice, Slovakia

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