Medical research
Science sees future beyond Paralympics
Imagine a future with no sporting events for paralysed people. A future in which there is no need, as all the would-be competitors will have been cured.
Mar 6, 2014
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Spinal Cord Injury
Neuroscience
Monkey think, monkey do: experiment could lead to paralysis cure
Scientists working on a paralysis cure said Tuesday they had demonstrated how a monkey can use only its thoughts, transferred by electrodes, to manipulate a sleeping fellow primate's arm to do its bidding.
Feb 18, 2014
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Neuroscience
Traumatic spinal cord injuries on the rise in US
The number of serious traumatic spinal cord injuries is on the rise in the United States, and the leading cause no longer appears to be motor vehicle crashes, but falls, new Johns Hopkins research suggests.
Jan 27, 2014
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Sleep disorders
Patients with spinal cord injuries should be assessed for sleep apnea
A new study suggests that patients with spinal cord injuries could benefit from careful assessment for sleep apnea.
Jan 15, 2014
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Medical research
Study finds axon regeneration after Schwann cell graft to injured spinal cord
A study carried out at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine for "The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis" has found that transplanting self-donated Schwann cells (SCs, the principal ensheathing cells of the nervous ...
Dec 23, 2013
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Medical research
Will stem cell therapy help cure spinal cord injury?
A systematic survey of the scientific literature shows that stem cell therapy can have a statistically significant impact on animal models of spinal cord injury, and points the way for future studies.
Dec 17, 2013
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Medical research
Injured nerves regrow when fidgetin enzyme is suppressed
Suppressing the enzyme fidgetin promotes the re-growth of experimentally injured nerve cells and their connections, according to research with laboratory rats that will be presented Tuesday, Dec. 17, at the American Society ...
Dec 17, 2013
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Neuroscience
Researchers explore five new avenues for rehabilitation research
Because the concept of permanent neurological injury has given way to recognition of the brain's potential for long-term regeneration ad reorganization, rehabilitations strategies are undergoing radical changes. The potential ...
Nov 26, 2013
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Medical research
Co-transplanted cells and treadmill training aids rats with spinal cord injury
After Schwann cells (SCs), the principal cells in the peripheral nervous system, and olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs), cells that ensheath the non-myelinated peripheral neurons in the nose, were co-transplanted into laboratory ...
Nov 25, 2013
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Medical research
Optimal site for cell transplantation to treat spinal cord injury investigated
After laboratory mice received a contusive spinal cord injury at the T10 level, low and high doses of neural stem/progenitor cells (NS/PCs) derived from fetal bioluminescent-labeled transgenic mice were injected into four ...
Nov 21, 2013
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