In Vivo Measurements Reveal Increased Nucleus Pulposus Lactate and Oxygen Concentrations in a Goat Model of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration

ABSTRACT Introduction Intervertebral disc degeneration is strongly implicated as a cause of low back pain. Although the precise pathophysiological mechanisms remain elusive, perturbations in nutrition that adversely impact the cellular microenvironment of the central nucleus pulposus (NP) may be con...

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Main Authors: Karthikeyan Rajagopal, Thomas P. Schaer, Kyle D. Meadows, Madeline Boyes, Rachel Hilliard, John C. O'Donnell, George R. Dodge, Dmitriy Petrov, Dawn M. Elliott, Robert L. Mauck, Lachlan J. Smith, Neil R. Malhotra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2025-06-01
Series:JOR Spine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/jsp2.70076
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