title: Detection and assessment of spinal cord injury using spectral coherence.
abstract: Graded spinal cord injury was induced in rats using the NY-Impactor. Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs), in response to stimuli to the nerves in the limbs, were recorded from the cranium. These signals were analyzed using spectral coherence analysis. Results obtained from 15 rats show information that was missed when other techniques are used.
authors.affiliation: American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE. g00013612@aus.edu
authors.forename: Noreen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fatoo
authors.forename: Nabil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mirza
authors.forename: Rabi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Al-Nashash
authors.forename: Homayoun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Naeini
authors.forename: Nitish
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Thakor
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods*; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D005260:Female; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*