Tag: Neurons
A fine balance
LA JOLLA, CA— Once a toddler has mastered the art of walking, it seems to come naturally for the rest of her life. But...
Protein shown to play a key role in normal development of nervous system
Findings may someday inform treatments for spinal cord, other nerve injuries
A protein that enables nerve cells to communicate with each other plays a key...
What’s New in Orthopaedic Rehabilitation – Spinal Cord Injury
Harish Hosalkar, MD, MBMS(Orth), FCPS(Orth), DNB(Orth)1, Jason Hsu, MD1, Nirav K. Pandya, MD1 and Mary Ann Keenan, MD1
The use of systemic Hypothermia for spinal...
Breakthrough Could Help Heal Spinal Cord Injuries Without Pain
AURORA, Colo., Sept. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine say manipulating embryo-derived stem cell precursors prior...
Reeve Foundation Recruits Distinguished Stem-Cell Neurobiologist
The Salk Institute's Samuel L. Pfaff, Ph.D. - to its International Research Consort
Pfaff Brings Expertise in Motor Neuron Development to the Foundation's Efforts on...
First stem cell trials might start in O.C.
An Irvine company could be the first to win federal approval for clinical trials.
A tiny start-up company in Irvine has a shot at becoming...
Finding Clues For Nerve Cell Repair
ScienceDaily (Jun. 4, 2008) — A new study at the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University identifies a key mechanism for the normal development...
Ray of hope for spinal cord patients
The researcher who found a way to get paralyzed rats back walking is now in Colorado and predicts huge breakthroughs in treatment of human...
Medical Marvel
Doctors can't explain why Pat Rummerfield is able to run marathons and race cars. Even so, there are scores of quadriplegics who long to...
Scientists re-establish walking in mice with damaged spinal cord
A research by Michael Sofroniew, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurobiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)...
