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Endothelial cell loss is not a major cause of neuronal and glial cell death following contusion injury of the spinal cord

G. Casella,M. Bunge,P. Wood

2006 · DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2006.05.028
Experimental Neurology · 84 Citations

TLDR

It is suggested that the loss of ECs during the first 48 h after a contusion injury is not a major cause of neuronal and glial cell death and, in tissue adjacent to the epicenter, inflammatory cell infiltration leads to neuronal loss.