The choice of biomaterials available for regenerative medicine continues to grow rapidly,
with new materials often claiming advantages over the short-comings of those already in …

The purpose of this review is to discuss the achievements and perspectives regarding
rehabilitation of sensorimotor functions after spinal cord injury. In the first part we discuss …

Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in devastating neurological and pathological consequences,
causing major dysfunction to the motor, sensory, and autonomic systems. The primary …

Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating event with huge personal and societal
costs. A limited number of treatments exist to ameliorate the progressive secondary damage …

Cell transplantation therapy utilizing neural precursor cells (NPCs) is a conceptually
attractive strategy for traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) to replace lost cells, remyelinate …

Spinal cord injury (SCI) researchers have predominately utilized rodents and mice for in vivo
SCI modeling and experimentation. From these small animal models have come many …

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a debilitating condition in which inflammatory responses in the
secondary phase of injury leads to long lasting sensory-motor dysfunction. The medicinal …

A number of studies have demonstrated that transplantation of neural precursor cells (NPCs)
promotes functional recovery after spinal cord injury (SCI). However, the NPCs had been …

Object Primary outcome measures for the upper limb in trials concerning human spinal cord
injury (SCI) need to distinguish between functional and neurological changes and require …

Because there is no curative treatment for spinal cord injury, establishing an ideal animal
model is important to identify injury mechanisms and develop therapies for individuals …