"This finding goes beyond spinal cord injury -- it has implications in brain injury and stroke, and neurodegenerative diseases as well." The work underscores how important blood vessel restoration ...

“This finding goes beyond spinal cord injury – it has implications in brain injury and stroke, and neurodegenerative diseases as well.” The work underscores how important blood vessel ...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Spinal Cord Injury Model System (UAB-SCIMS) maintains this Information Network as a resource to promote knowledge in the areas of research, health and quality ...

However, researchers hypothesized that SCI causes measurable disruptions in the blood-brain barrier ... in traumatic injury." Researchers defined the fingerprint of spinal cord DNA using blood ...

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a severe traumatic condition that frequently results in various neurological disabilities, including significant sensory, motor, and autonomic dysfunctions. Ferroptosis, a ...

A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first clinical study of its kind, Japanese scientists said. Applying low ...

Nasal Spray Shows Preclinical Promise for Treating Traumatic Brain Injury Feb. 27, 2025 — A new study suggests a nasal spray developed to target neuroinflammation could one day be an effective ...

“This finding goes beyond spinal cord injury – it has implications in brain injury and stroke, and neurodegenerative diseases as well.” The work underscores how important blood vessel restoration is ...

These include astrocytes, which are cells in the central nervous system that support a broad range of functions. The RYK protein (white) appears on the axons (red) and astrocytes (green) in human ...

SCI affects an estimated 18,000 Americans annually, and these traumatic injuries can have a major impact on quality of life among other things. Assessing these injuries can be time consuming, costly, ...