Tag: Neurons
Stem cell research activist, Dr. Wise Young, tackles current issues
DETROIT - (KRT) - Ten minutes after a recent announcement that South Korean scientists had discovered an efficient way to produce stem cells, the...
Cutting-Edge Surgeries
When I directed PVA’s Spinal Cord Research Foundation a decade ago, function-restoring interventions for spinal cord injury (SCI) were rare and usually off the...
We have to overcome this hope barrier
Ten minutes after a recent announcement that South Korean scientists had discovered an efficient way to produce stem cells, the world's largest spinal cord...
Developing Nervous System Sculpted By Opposing Chemical Messengers
La Jolla, Calif. -- A newborn baby moves, breathes and cries in part because a network of nerves called Motor neurons carry signals from...
Spinal Cord Injury Treatment and Cure Research
When someone sustains a spinal cord injury (SCI), one of the most difficult issues to deal with is that there is no "cure" at...
What are Schwann Cells?
Description of Schwann Cells provided by Inner Learning Online. Larger axons passing through Peripheral nerves commonly are enclosed in sheaths called "Schwann cells."...
Spinal Cord Injury Levels & Classification
When people are injured, they are often told that they have an injury at a given spinal cord level and are given a qualifier...
Spinal Cord Injury Glossary
Abdominal Binder - Wide elastic binder use to help prevent a drop in blood pressure or used for cosmetic purposes to hold in abdomen....
Playing God? Benefits and challenges abound in human embryo research
While most people believe that reproductive human cloning equates to unethical practice, advocates of therapeutic cloning and stem cell therapy have been left dismayed...
Acorda Therapeutics Launches ZANAFLEX CAPSULES for the Management of Spasticity in People with MS...
HAWTHORNE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)Acorda Therapeutics(R) announced today that it has launched ZANAFLEX(R) CAPSULES (tizanidine hydrochloride), a new, capsule formulation of tizanidine, a leading treatment for...
