Although lesion size is widely considered to be the most reliable predictor of outcome after
CNS injury, lesions of comparable size can produce vastly different magnitudes of functional …

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating neurological disorder that affects thousands of
individuals each year. Over the past decades an enormous progress has been made in our …

The dissociation between magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and permanent disability in
multiple sclerosis (MS), termed the clinicoradiological paradox, can primarily be attributed to …

Pfaff presents a daring perspective on the long-standing puzzle of what arousal is. He
argues that, beneath our mental functions and emotional dispositions, a primitive neuronal …

Activation of macrophages via toll‐like receptors (TLRs) is important for inflammation and
host defense against pathogens. Recent data suggest that non‐pathogenic molecules …

Demyelination contributes to the dysfunction after traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). We
explored whether the combination of neurotrophic factors and transplantation of adult rat …

Demyelination contributes to the physiological and behavioral deficits after contusive spinal
cord injury (SCI). Therefore, remyelination may be an important strategy to facilitate repair …

Spinal cord injury (SCI) affects over 17,000 individuals in the United States per year,
resulting in sudden motor, sensory and autonomic impairments below the level of injury …

Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in loss of voluntary motor control followed by incomplete
recovery, which is partly mediated by the descending corticospinal tract (CST). This system …

Motor, sensory, and autonomic functions can spontaneously return or recover to varying
extents in both humans and animals, regardless of the traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) …