Neural stem cell therapies for spinal cord injury repair: an update on recent preclinical and clinical advances

SM Hosseini, B Borys, S Karimi-Abdolrezaee - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is a leading cause of lifelong disabilities. Permanent
sensory, motor and autonomic impairments after SCI are substantially attributed to …

Brain plasticity in patients with spinal cord injuries: a systematic review

A Calderone, D Cardile, R De Luca… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
A spinal cord injury (SCI) causes changes in brain structure and brain function due to the
direct effects of nerve damage, secondary mechanisms, and long-term effects of the injury …

Chronic demyelination and myelin repair after spinal cord injury in mice: A potential link for glutamatergic axon activity

N Pukos, CM Marion, WD Arnold, BT Noble… - Glia, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Our prior work examining endogenous repair after spinal cord injury (SCI) in mice revealed
that large numbers of new oligodendrocytes (OLs) are generated in the injured spinal cord …

Role of DNA methylation during recovery from spinal cord injury with and without β2-adrenergic receptor agonism

NE Scholpa - Experimental Neurology, 2023 - Elsevier
Daily treatment with the FDA-approved β 2-adrenergic receptor agonist formoterol beginning
8 h after severe spinal cord injury (SCI) induces mitochondrial biogenesis and improves …

Myelin repair of spinal cord injury in adult mice induced by treadmill training upregulated peroxisome proliferator‐activated receptor gamma coactivator 1 alpha

H Su, H Luo, Y Wang, Q Zhao, Q Zhang, Y Zhu, L Pan… - Glia, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Growing evidence has proven the efficacy of physical exercise in remyelination and motor
function performance after spinal cord injury (SCI). However, the molecular mechanisms of …

Osteopontin enhances the effect of treadmill training and promotes functional recovery after spinal cord injury

Y Wang, H Su, J Zhong, Z Zhan, Q Zhao, Y Liu… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
In this study, we examined the combined impact of osteopontin (OPN) and treadmill training
on mice with spinal cord injury (SCI). OPN was overexpressed by injecting AAV9-SPP1-GFP …

Update on myelin imaging in neurological syndromes

S Balaji, P Johnson, AV Dvorak… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Update on myelin imaging in neurological syndromes : Current Opinion in Neurology Update
on myelin imaging in neurological syndromes : Current Opinion in Neurology Log in or …

Myelin plasticity during early literacy training in at-risk pre-readers

M Economou, FV Bempt, S Van Herck, J Wouters… - Cortex, 2023 - Elsevier
A growing body of neuroimaging evidence shows that white matter can change as a result of
experience and structured learning. Although the majority of previous work has used …

Breaking mental barriers promotes recovery after spinal cord injury

HI Rodocker, A Bordbar, MJE Larson… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Functional recovery after spinal cord injury (SCI) often proves difficult as physical and mental
barriers bar survivors from enacting their designated rehabilitation programs. We recently …

Effect and mechanisms of exercise for complex regional pain syndrome

TS Li, R Wang, X Su, XQ Wang - Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Complex regional pain syndrome characterized by severe pain and dysfunction seriously
affects patients' quality of life. Exercise therapy is gaining attention because it can effectively …