Neuroscience
New controller improves home use of epidural stimulation for people with spinal cord injuries
When Keith Smith recently got a new tablet, it wasn't for watching videos or scanning social media.
Apr 1, 2022
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Biomedical technology
Customized cushions for wheelchairs could prevent pressure ulcers
Wheelchair users can periodically suffer from skin ulcers or sores caused by friction, pressure, and shear stresses where their skin is constantly in contact with the synthetic materials of their wheelchair. Pressure sores ...
Feb 17, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mental health is an issue for people with spinal cord injury. Chronic pain makes it worse
Adults living with spinal cord injuries have a near-80% increased risk of developing psychological conditions, such as depression and anxiety, compared to people without the traumatic injury, a new study shows. But chronic ...
Feb 8, 2022
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Neuroscience
Japan team carries out world-first spinal cord stem cell trial
A Japanese university said Friday it has successfully transplanted stem cells into a patient with a spinal cord injury, in the first clinical trial of its kind.
Jan 14, 2022
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Neuroscience
Novel hydrogel promotes neural regeneration after spinal cord injury
Researchers led by Prof. Dai Jianwu from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a multifunctional scaffold to effectively regulate the immune microenvironment after ...
Jan 13, 2022
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Neuroscience
Gun-related spinal cord injury in childhood brings hardship later
(HealthDay)—Spinal cord injuries in childhood are devastating no matter how they happen, but new research suggests that kids felled by gunshots are even worse off than those who suffer such an injury nonviolently.
Dec 28, 2021
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Neuroscience
New scaffold design improves growth of regenerating neurons
Across the world, several million people every year suffer from spinal cord injury. These types of injuries break the communication links between the brain and body, reducing movement and sensation, and in the worst cases, ...
Nov 29, 2021
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Neuroscience
Drug helps sensory neurons regrow in the mouse central nervous system
A spinal cord injury damages the lines of communication between the body and brain, impeding the signals that drive movement and sensation. Injured motor and sensory neurons in the central nervous system—the brain and spinal ...
Oct 19, 2021
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Neuroscience
One big factor for survival after spinal cord injury: Resilience
(HealthDay)—Survivors of spinal cord injuries who develop resilience are able to adapt and thrive despite the challenges, according to a researcher who himself is a resilient survivor.
Oct 19, 2021
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Neuroscience
Novel small molecule potently attenuates neuroinflammation in brain and glial cells
Neuroinflammation can worsen outcomes in stroke, traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury, as well as accelerate neurodegenerative diseases like ALS, Parkinson's or Alzheimer's. This suggests that limiting neuroinflammation ...
Sep 23, 2021
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