Treatment of experimental spinal cord injury in ferrets.
A variety of treatment modalities upon a compressive model of spinal cord injury in ferrets was tested. Several of the treatments seemed to increase the degree of anatomical and/or functional sparing, but only dexamethasone did so in a statistically significant manner.
D000818:Animals; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D005289:Ferrets; D008297:Male; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000188:drug therapy*
D003907:Dexamethasone