This book is very useful as a reference (as is volume 2):

http://www.springer.com/biomed/neuroscience/book/978-1-60327-184-4

You can also refer may be Transection method for shortening the rat spine and spinal cord

YUICHIRO YOSHIDA1, HIDEO KATAOKA2, TSUKASA KANCHIKU1, HIDENORI SUZUKI1, YASUAKI IMAJYO1, HIDETOYO KATO1 and TOSHIHIKO TAGUCHI1

1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine;

2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yamaguchi Laborers Hospital, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

Received October 12, 2012; Accepted November 15, 2012

Thank you both! These were great resources