More than one-and-a-half years after implantation, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the San Diego Veterans Administration Medical Center report that human neural stem cells (NSCs) grafted ...
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Researchers reveal how cells in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) degrade myelin after nerve injury, a process that fails to occur in the central nervous system (CNS). The study appears in The Journal of Cell Biology.
Jul 6, 2015
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In a discovery that could dramatically affect the treatment of brain and spinal cord injuries, researchers at the University of Virginia and elsewhere have identified a previously unknown, beneficial immune response that ...
Jan 22, 2015
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Drugs used to treat common complaints could delay the recovery of brain injury patients according to research led by University of East Anglia (UEA) scientists working with other UK universities including Aston and the NHS, ...
Aug 9, 2015
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Unique new material developed at University of Limerick (UL) in Ireland has shown significant promise in the treatment of spinal cord injury.
Nov 29, 2022
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Like power lines in an electrical grid, long wiry projections that grow outward from neurons—structures known as axons—form interconnected communication networks that run from the brain to all parts of the body. But unlike ...
Apr 30, 2020
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Pain researchers at the University of Adelaide have launched a new study to investigate the underlying reasons why some sufferers of spinal injury have persistent pain and others don't.
Jul 16, 2014
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Leading an active lifestyle may increase the likelihood of damaged nerves regenerating after a spinal cord injury.
Apr 10, 2019
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Rutgers researchers have developed an innovative new treatment that could help minimize nerve damage in spinal cord injuries, promote tissue healing and minimize pain.
May 3, 2011
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Monkeys and humans exhibit greater motor recovery than rats after similar spinal cord injury, according to a study conducted in Grégoire Courtine's lab at EPFL. The study results have been published in Science Translational ...
Aug 26, 2015
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