Albin, White and colleagues found no harmful effects in animals from lowering the
temperature of the nor¬ mal cord to 10 C. by circulating cold saline at 4 to 6 C. at 100 ml. per …

Canine spinal cords were compressed at T-13 by an epidural balloon maintained at 160 mm
Hg for one hour. After seven weeks, mean motor ratings of dogs treated with either …

✓ Investigations were performed to determine the relative therapeutic value of local
hypothermic perfusion, local normothermic perfusion, and durotomy in monkeys injured by …

I907. Stcherbak reported necrosis of the grey matter of the spinal cord after the application of
a vibrating device (Stcherbak, 1907). I9II. Allen was probably the first to injure the spinal cord …

A wide variety of pharmacologic agents has been suggested to serve as therapeutic
adjuncts in the management of acute spinal cord trauma. The present study was conducted …

A series of controlled animal experiments comparing the effects of one, four, and 18 hours of
local hypothermia at 6 degrees C begun four hours after compression lesions to the thoracic …

✓ The authors report studies indicating that delayed local cooling is effective in minimizing
the neurological deficits of experimental spinal cord injury in cats. Cortical evoked …

Mild hypothermia to 32° C protected the spinal cords of 5 rabbits subjected to 90 min of
surgically created spinal cord ischemia. Spinal cord ischemia was produced in 10 New …

Canine spinal cords were compressed by a cylindrical balloon placed in the T-13 epidural
space and maintained at 160 mm Hg for one hour. Fifteen minutes after deflation, either …

RECENTLY, new methods have been developed for treating the injured spinal cord and for
studying conduction in the injured cord. For example, it has been shown in experimental …