A custom-made weight-drop impactor to produce consistent spinal cord injury outcomes in a rat model

Abstract

The main objective of this study is to design a custom-made weight-drop impactor device to produce a consistent spinal cord contusion model in rats in order to examine the efficacy of potential therapies for post-traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCIs).

Keywords

• spinal cord injury
• rat model
• spinal cord impactor
• contusion model