Locomotor activity rated on the Basso, Beattie, Bresnahan scale improved significantly in the TxTp animals over the 4 weeks such that final scores were 21, 1.4 and 7.1 for the Con, Tx and TxTp groups, ...

Subtotal transection models in rodents are widely used in spinal cord injury (SCI) research. In this model, we investigate the effect of the dorso-ventral incision depth (ID) of the spinal cord on ...

LONG survival of patients with complete severance of the spinal cord is rarely encountered in civilian life. During the recent world conflict, however, the high incidence of casualties from ...

Attention is directed to an article on the occurrence of extensor spasm in patients with a transected spinal cord printed elsewhere in this issue of the Journal. As the authors note, this ...

Engineered human stem cells have been used to enable paraplegic rats to walk independently and regain sensory perception. The implanted rats had some healing in their spinal cords. Led by Dr. Shulamit ...

Spinal cord is the main pathway of communication between brain and peripheral nervous system. Spinal cord injury (SCI) often leads to sensory and motor functional deficits below the injury level, ...

A large body of evidence shows that spinal circuits are significantly affected by training, and that intrinsic circuits that drive locomotor tasks are located in lumbosacral spinal segments in rats ...

Just because human brain and spinal cord nerves can't self-repair doesn't mean they don't try. In the early 1900s, the renowned Spanish neuroscientist Santiago Ramon y Cajal observed that newly cut ...

Paralyzed rats implanted with engineered tissue containing human stem cells were able to walk independently and regained sensory perception in their hind legs and tail. The implanted rats also show ...

In the last two decades, a number of animal models have been developed, which cover a variety of different causes for neuropathic pain. The models are most frequently performed in rats and mice, and ...

Turning the phrase “a little bait catches a large fish” on its head, a research team from the University of Lisbon is hoping to use a little fish to make a big difference in the field of spinal cord ...

Researchers believe they are one step closer to solving the mystery of why some vertebrates can regenerate their spinal cords while others, including humans, create scar tissue after spinal cord ...