Tag: neuroscience
An old drug with new potential: WWII chemical-weapon antidote shows early promise as treatment...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A drug developed during World War II as an antidote for a chemical warfare agent has been found to be...
The future of stem cells: tackling hype versus hope
Controversy surrounds the link between Australian of the Year Alan Mackay Sim’s research and a Polish team who restored mobility for a paraplegic man.
For...
If other paralyzed primates walk, will humans?
In the annals of breathtaking scientific advances, it's hard to top this recent news headline: "Paralyzed Monkeys Can Walk Again With Wireless Brain-Spine Connection."
This...
Spinal cord rehabilitation and repair: an interview with Quentin Barraud
Spinal cord repair and rehabilitation is a difficult but important topic to research, can you please give a brief overview of research in this...
Brain implants allow paralysed monkeys to walk
Swiss researchers travel to China to conduct pioneering experiment.
For more than a decade, neuroscientist Grégoire Courtine has been flying every few months from his...
UT Southwestern Researchers Amplify Regeneration of Spinal Nerve Cells
Newswise — DALLAS – Oct. 11, 2016 – UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers successfully boosted the regeneration of mature nerve cells in the spinal...
Human Neuron Transplants Treat Spinal Cord Injury in Mice
Chronic pain and loss of bladder control are among the most devastating consequences of spinal cord injury, rated by many patients as a higher...
Researchers find possible treatment for suppressed immunity from spine injuries
Scientists report in Nature Neuroscience they have identified an underlying cause of dangerous immune suppression in people with high level spinal cord injuries and...
Scientists pinpoint molecular signal that drives and enables spinal cord repair
Researchers from King's College London and the University of Oxford have identified a molecular signal, known as 'neuregulin-1', which drives and enables the spinal...
Spasticity : two potential therapeutic avenues
Following spinal cord injury, most patients experience an exaggeration of muscle tone called spasticity, which frequently leads to physical disability.
A team at the Institut...
