Neuroscience
Watching stem cells repair spinal cord in real time
Monash University researchers have restored movement and regenerated nerves using stem cells in zebra fish where the spinal cord is severely damaged.
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Neuroscience
A hydrogel restores breathing after spinal cord injury in animal models
One of the most severe outcomes of spinal cord injury from car accidents, sports impacts, or other neck trauma, is losing the ability to control breathing, with patients often requiring artificial ventilation for the rest ...
Jun 11, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Neuroinflammation seen in spinal cord, nerve roots of patients with chronic sciatica
A study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has found, for the first time in humans, that patients with chronic sciatica—back pain that shoots down the leg—have evidence of inflammation in key areas ...
May 9, 2018
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Neuroscience
Timing is crucial from the brain to the spinal cord
Just a slight movement of the hand is an intricate concert of interactions between nerve cells. For a signal from the brain to reach the spinal cord and then the muscle, different neuronal networks must find a common rhythm. ...
May 9, 2018
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Neuroscience
Mechanism behind neuron death in motor neurone disease and frontotemporal dementia discovered
Scientists have identified the molecular mechanism that leads to the death of neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS or motor neurone disease) and a common form of frontotemporal dementia.
Apr 20, 2018
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Neuroscience
Direct electrical current used to preferentially inhibit pain-transmitting neurons
Using computer models and laboratory rats, Johns Hopkins researchers have demonstrated that "direct electrical current" can be delivered to nerves preferentially, blocking pain signals while leaving other sensations undisturbed.
Apr 18, 2018
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Medical research
Step forward to finding treatment for most common genetic cause of infant death
A major step forward has been made by researchers at the University of St Andrews towards finding new treatments for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), the commonest genetic cause of infant death.
Apr 18, 2018
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Immunology
New disease model to facilitate development of ALS and MS therapies
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a new disease model for neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS and MS that can be used to develop new immunotherapies. The model is described in a publication ...
Apr 17, 2018
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Neuroscience
Gene jumpstarts regeneration of damaged nerve cells
Searching the entire genome, a Yale research team has identified a gene that when eliminated can spur regeneration of axons in nerve cells severed by spinal cord injury.
Apr 10, 2018
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Neuroscience
Recovery from spinal cord injuries can be predicted
Injuries to the spinal cord result in tissue loss in the spinal cord and brain. These neurodegenerative changes can be analyzed in detail using neuroimaging methods. University of Zurich researchers have now, for the first ...
Mar 8, 2018
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