Tag: Study
Improving cell transplantation after spinal cord injury: When, where and how?
Spinal cord injuries are mostly caused by trauma, often incurred in road traffic or sporting incidents, often with devastating and irreversible consequences, and unfortunately...
Help shape the future of SCI treatment
The path to recovery from spinal cord injury (SCI) is full of challenges.
If you’re interested in taking part in research to evaluate investigational therapies...
Quadriplegic man Ian Burkhart moves fingers, hand and wrist thanks to tiny computer chip...
A quadriplegic man has been able to move his fingers, hand and wrist after having a tiny computer chip implanted in his brain. The...
Spinal cord regeneration might actually be helped by glial scar tissue, contrary to conventional...
UCLA research finds that nerve cells regrow better when glial scarring is left intact
Neuroscientists have long believed that scar tissue formed by glial cells...
Measuring severity of spinal cord injuries
Injuries to the spinal cord partially or completely disrupt the neural pathways between the brain and the limbs. The consequences for the representation of...
United Spinal Association Recruiting People with Spinal Cord Injury and Disease for a Study...
NEW YORK, March 17, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Â United Spinal Association is working with MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital and Children's National Medical Center to learn more...
Autonomic hyperreflexia after spinal cord injury managed successfully with intravenous lidocaine: a case report
Abstract
Background
Some paraplegic patients may wish undergo some surgical procedures, like urological procedures, without anesthesia. However, these patients can develop autonomic hyperreflexia if cystoscopy is...
Spinal Cord Injury Causes ‘Immune System Paralysis’
COLUMBUS, Ohio - New research led by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is showing that spinal cord injuries can also cause a...
Early Rehab May Help Spinal Cord Injury Patients
(HealthDay News) -- Beginning rehabilitation soon after a spinal cord injury seems to lead to improvements in functioning for patients, according to a new...
Study Identifies Specific Gene Network That Promotes Nervous System Repair
Findings by UCLA-led collaboration are an early step toward potential treatments for injuries to the central nervous system
Newswise — Whether or not nerve cells...
