Tag: Study
Study finds axon regeneration after Schwann cell graft to injured spinal cord
Putnam Valley, NY. (Dec. 23 2013) – A study carried out at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine for "The Miami Project...
Injured nerves regrow when fidgetin enzyme is suppressed
Suppressing the enzyme fidgetin promotes the re-growth of experimentally injured nerve cells and their connections, according to research with laboratory rats that will be...
Quadriplegics at risk for serious sleep breathing disorder
There are over a million people with spinal cord injuries (SCI) in the United States alone with an estimated 11,000 new cases every year....
Optimal site for cell transplantation to treat spinal cord injury investigated
After laboratory mice received a contusive spinal cord injury at the T10 level, low and high doses of neural stem/progenitor cells (NS/PCs) derived from...
Treadmill step training promotes motor function after incomplete spinal cord injury
A large body of evidence shows that spinal circuits are significantly affected by training, and that intrinsic circuits that drive locomotor tasks are located...
Stem cell scarring aids recovery from spinal cord injury
In a new study, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden show that the scar tissue formed by stem cells after a spinal cord...
Dr. John Martin awarded $3.7M for movement control studies
$3.4M from NIH for brain development and injury research; $300K from Neilsen Foundation to study recovery of movement after brain or spinal injury
The laboratory...
Non-UTI Problems Common with Urethral Catheters
A group of researchers would like to broaden urologists' conception of common complications from indwelling urethral catheters to include more than urinary tract infections.
In...
BIDMC awarded NIH grant to study new treatment for spinal cord injuries
Noninvasive therapy combines combines transcranial magnetic stimulation and peripheral nerve stimulation to activate weakened muscles
BOSTON -- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has been...
Irreversible tissue loss can occur quickly after spinal cord injury
Degenerative tissue loss resulting from a spinal cord injury was shown to develop in the spinal cord and brain as early as 40 days...
