Acute traumatic spinal cord injury induces glial activation in the cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis)

BACKGROUND: Traumatic spinal cord injury leads to direct myelin and axonal damage and leads to the recruitment of inflammatory cells to site of injury. Although rodent models have provided the greatest insight into the genesis of traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI), recent studies have attempted to develop an appropriate non-human primate model. METHODS: We explored TSCI in a cynomolgus macaque model using a balloon catheter to mimic external …