Tag: Neurons
Coaxing injured nerve fibers to regenerate by disabling ‘brakes’ in the system
Mouse study suggests that response to injury-induced growth factors can be revived
Boston, Mass. -- Brain and spinal-cord injuries typically leave people with permanent impairment...
Pushing the Brain to Find New Pathways
Until recently, scientists believed that, following a stroke, a patient had about six months to regain any lost function. After that, patients would be...
Tackling Paraplegia
Reconstructing the neuronal circuitry of a damaged spine looks like a much closer goal now.
Experts put their heads together
Neuroscientists cluster in La Jolla
Any chance of recovery from a spinal-cord injury, however small, depends on swift treatment. Without that, damaged nerve cells wither,...
Researchers Explore New Ways To Prevent Spinal Cord Damage Using A Vitamin B3 Precursor
Weill Cornell Medical College team receives $2.5 million New York State research grant to undertake laboratory study
Substances naturally produced by the human body may...
Regeneration can be achieved after chronic spinal cord injury
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that regeneration of central nervous system axons can be achieved in rats...
Scientists identify master enzyme for regenerating nerve fibers in live animals
WASHINGTON - A previously identified enzyme, known as Mst3b, has been found to play a major role in regenerating damaged axons (nerve fibers) in...
Researchers identify promising therapeutic target for central nervous system injuries
Scars can serve as double-edged swords in spinal cord injuries—saving a victim's life, but sealing his or her fate as a paraplegic or quadriplegic....
Immune response to spinal cord injury may worsen damage
COLUMBUS, Ohio – After spinal cord injury, certain immune cells collect in the spinal fluid and release high levels of antibodies. What, if anything,...
Research into restoring bladder control in people living with paralysis
How do you turn on (or off) a nerve cell that is no longer connected to the brain? You might try a molecular "light"...