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Standardization of an experimental model of intradural injection after spinal cord injury in rats

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Title
Standardization of an experimental model of intradural injection after spinal cord injury in rats
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Clinics, March 2021
DOI 10.6061/clinics/2021/e2740
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Olavo B. Letaif, Mauro C.M. Tavares-Júnior, Gustavo B. dos Santos, Ricardo J.R. Ferreira, Raphael M. Marcon, Alexandre F. Cristante, Tarcísio E.P. de Barros-Filho

Abstract

The intrathecal route has not yet been thoroughly standardized and evaluated in an experimental model of spinal cord injury (SCI) in Wistar rats. The objective of this study was to standardize and evaluate the effect of intradural injection in this animal model. The animals were divided into 6 groups: 1) laminectomy and intradural catheter; 2) laminectomy, intradural catheter and infusion; 3) only SCI; 4) SCI and intradural catheter; 5) SCI, intradural catheter and infusion; and 6) control (laminectomy only). Motor evaluations were performed using the Basso, Beattie and Bresnahan (BBB) scale and the horizontal ladder test; motor evoked potentials were measured for functional evaluation, and histological evaluation was performed as well. All experimental data underwent statistical analysis. Regarding motor evoked potentials, the groups with experimental SCI had worse results than those without, but neither dural puncture nor the injection of intrathecal solution aggravated the effects of isolated SCI. Regarding histology, adverse tissue effects were observed in animals with SCI. On average, the BBB scores had the same statistical behaviour as the horizontal ladder results, and at every evaluated timepoint, the groups without SCI presented scored significantly better than those with SCI (p<0.05). The difference in performance on motor tests between rats with and without experimental SCI persisted from the first to the last test. The present work standardizes the model of intradural injection in experimental SCI in rats. Intrathecal puncture and injection did not independently cause significant functional or histological changes.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 1 20%
Researcher 1 20%
Student > Postgraduate 1 20%
Student > Master 1 20%
Unknown 1 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 20%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 20%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 20%
Unknown 2 40%
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