Morphological changes in the sciatic nerve in experimental modeling of contusion injury of the spinal cord in rats
Journal: Russian Journal of Spine Surgery (Khirurgiya Pozvonochnika)
Year: 2021

Objective. To analyze morphological and morphometric changes in the sciatic nerve of rats after the spinal cord injury. Material and Methods. The Т9 moderately severe contusion injury of the spinal cord was simulated in 12 Wistar female rats. Functions of the pelvic limbs were assessed according to the standardized BBB scale. The animals were withdrawn from the experiment after nine and 13 weeks. Epoxy semi-thin (1 µm) sections were used to study sciatic nerve at the light-optical level. Results