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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2018

Neuroprotective effect of local hypothermia in a computer-controlled compression model in minipig: Correlation of tissue sparing along the rostro-caudal axis with neurological outcome.

Stefania Gedrova, Jan Galik, Martin Marsala, Monika Zavodska, Jaroslav Pavel, Igor Sulla, Miroslav Gajdos, Imrich Lukac, Jozef Kafka, Valent Ledecky and 10 more

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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20 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Stefania GedrovaInstitute of Neurobiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 040 01 Kosice, Slovak Republic.
Jan GalikInstitute of Neurobiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 040 01 Kosice, Slovak Republic.
Martin MarsalaInstitute of Neurobiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 040 01 Kosice, Slovak Republic.
Monika ZavodskaInstitute of Neurobiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 040 01 Kosice, Slovak Republic.
Jaroslav PavelInstitute of Neurobiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 040 01 Kosice, Slovak Republic.
Igor SullaInstitute of Neurobiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 040 01 Kosice, Slovak Republic.
Miroslav GajdosDepartment of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pavol Jozef Safarik, 040 01 Kosice, Slovak Republic.
Imrich LukacDepartment of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pavol Jozef Safarik, 040 01 Kosice, Slovak Republic.
Jozef KafkaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pavol Jozef Safarik, 040 01 Kosice, Slovak Republic.
Valent LedeckyUniversity of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, 041 81 Kosice, Slovak Republic.
Igor SullaUniversity of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, 041 81 Kosice, Slovak Republic.
Martina KarasovaUniversity of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, 041 81 Kosice, Slovak Republic.
Peter ReichelUniversity of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, 041 81 Kosice, Slovak Republic.
Alexandra TrbolovaUniversity of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, 041 81 Kosice, Slovak Republic.
Igor CapikUniversity of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, 041 81 Kosice, Slovak Republic.
Viktoria LukacovaFaculty of Economics, Technical University of Kosice, 040 01 Kosice, Slovak Republic.
Katarina BimbovaInstitute of Neurobiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 040 01 Kosice, Slovak Republic.
Maria BacovaInstitute of Neurobiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 040 01 Kosice, Slovak Republic.
Andrea StropkovskaInstitute of Neurobiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 040 01 Kosice, Slovak Republic.
Nadezda LukacovaInstitute of Neurobiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 040 01 Kosice, Slovak Republic.
Slovak Academy of Sciences · SKUniversity of Veterinary Medicine in Košice · SKInstitute of Neurobiology · BGUniversity of Pavol Jozef Šafárik · SKTechnical University of Košice · SK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigated the neuroprotective efficacy of local hypothermia in a minipig model of spinal cord injury (SCI) induced by a computer-controlled impactor device. The tissue integrity observed at the injury epicenter, and up to 3 cm cranially and caudally from the lesion site correlated with motor function. A computer-controlled device produced contusion lesions at L3 level with two different degrees of tissue sparing, depending upon pre-set impact parameters (8N- and 15N-force impact). Hypothermia with cold (4°C) saline or Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM)/F12 culture medium was applied 30 min after SCI (for 5 h) via a perfusion chamber (flow 2 ml/min). After saline hypothermia, the 8N-SCI group achieved faster recovery of hind limb function and the ability to walk from one to three steps at nine weeks in comparison with non-treated animals. Such improvements were not observed in saline-treated animals subjected to more severe 15N-SCI or in the group treated with DMEM/F12 medium. It was demonstrated that the tissue preservation in the cranial and caudal segments immediately adjacent to the lesion, and neurofilament protection in the lateral columns may be essential for modulation of the key spinal microcircuits leading to a functional outcome. Tissue sparing observed only in the caudal sections, even though significant, was not sufficient for functional improvement in the 15N-SCI model.

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3D perfusion chamberhindlimb functionlocal hypothermiaminipigsneurofilamentsspinal cordtissue integrity

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