Combined Rosiglitazone and Forskolin Have Neuroprotective Effects in SD Rats after Spinal Cord Injury

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Representative images showing the surgical process in SD rats. (a-b) Dorsal skin preparation and disinfection and exposed T9-T10 spinous lamina with sterile surgical instruments and spinal cord. (c-d) Rats were fixed on an operating table and subjected to instant impact against the spinal apparatus. The animals’ bodies shook, with the lower limbs rapidly retracting and bouncing and tail cocking and quickly falling. The impacted local spinal cord surface was dark purple, and hind limbs appeared completely paralyzed postoperatively.

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