Neuroscience
Zebrafish study offers insights into nerve cell repair mechanisms
Tropical fish may hold clues that could aid research into motor neuron disease and paralysis caused by spinal cord injury.
Oct 22, 2015
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Spinal Cord Injury
Medical research
Another dimension: 3-D cell growth opens new pathway for spinal cord repair
Griffith University researchers have opened a new avenue to advance a therapy to repair the paralysed spinal cord.
Oct 20, 2015
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Medical research
Researchers compare direct gene vs. blood cell-mediated therapy of spinal cord injury
Spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to complex pathological changes that include the death of neurons and glial cells and degeneration of nerve fibers.
Oct 9, 2015
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Surgery
Surgeons restore hand, arm movement to quadriplegic patients
A pioneering surgical technique has restored some hand and arm movement to patients immobilized by spinal cord injuries in the neck, reports a new study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Oct 8, 2015
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Medications
Can exercise be replaced with a pill?
Everyone knows that exercise improves health, and ongoing research continues to uncover increasingly detailed information on its benefits for metabolism, circulation, and improved functioning of organs such as the heart, ...
Oct 2, 2015
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Neuroscience
Research links built characteristics of environment with health of persons with SCI
Scientists in disability outcomes research have determined that differences in the built characteristics of communities may influence the health and wellbeing of residents with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI). This study ...
Oct 1, 2015
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Neuroscience
Neuroscientific evidence that motivation promotes recovery after spinal cord injury
It is known by clinical experiences that motivation enhances patients' recovery from spinal cord injury or stroke. Depressive symptoms of the patients suffering from such brain injury could be a factor to delay functional ...
Oct 1, 2015
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Neuroscience
Man walks again after years of paralysis
The ability to walk has been restored following a spinal cord injury, using one's own brain power, according to research published in the open access Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. The preliminary proof-of-concept ...
Sep 23, 2015
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Neuroscience
US military develops prosthetic hand that can 'feel'
Researchers fitted a man who has been paralyzed for more than a decade with an experimental prosthetic hand that lets him "feel" sensations, the US military's futuristic development department said.
Sep 14, 2015
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Neuroscience
Completely paralyzed man voluntarily moves his legs, scientists report
A 39-year-old man who had had been completely paralyzed for four years was able to voluntarily control his leg muscles and take thousands of steps in a "robotic exoskeleton" device during five days of training—and for two ...
Sep 1, 2015
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