Incidence of cerebral and spinal vascular lesions in stroke-prone SHR (SHRSP)--pathohistological and electromyographical confirmation [proceedings

Abstract

From these results, it is confirmed that generalized and focal signs, such as paraparesis or hemiparesis which are observed at the symptomatological grades 2, 3 and 4 SHRSP do scarcely result from the spinal cord lesions, and therefore, neurological signs and symptoms of SHRSP are manifestations due to cerebral lesions in most cases. In SHRSP, the incidence of cerebral lesions is much higher than that of spinal lesions, among all vascular lesions in the central nervous system as in humans