Improvements in bladder, bowel and sexual outcomes following task-specific locomotor training in human spinal cord injury

CH Hubscher, AN Herrity, CS Williams… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Objective Locomotor training (LT) as a therapeutic intervention following spinal cord injury
(SCI) is an effective rehabilitation strategy for improving motor outcomes, but its impact on …

Improvements in bladder function following activity-based recovery training with epidural stimulation after chronic spinal cord injury

AN Herrity, SC Aslan, B Ugiliweneza… - Frontiers in systems …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in profound neurologic impairment with widespread deficits
in sensorimotor and autonomic systems. Voluntary and autonomic control of bladder …

The impact of instant coffee and decaffeinated coffee on the gut microbiota and depression-like behaviors of sleep-deprived rats

X Gu, S Zhang, W Ma, Q Wang, Y Li, C Xia… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective Based on our previous research, chronic paradoxical sleep deprivation (PSD) can
cause depression-like behaviors and microbial changes in gut microbiota. Coffee, as the …

Recommendations for evaluation of bladder and bowel function in pre-clinical spinal cord injury research

GM Holmes, CH Hubscher, A Krassioukov… - The journal of spinal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: In order to encourage the inclusion of bladder and bowel outcome measures in
preclinical spinal cord injury (SCI) research, this paper identifies and categorizes 1) …

Stimulation of the cuneiform nucleus enables training and boosts recovery after spinal cord injury

AS Hofer, MI Scheuber, AM Sartori, N Good, SA Stalder… - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Severe spinal cord injuries result in permanent paraparesis in spite of the frequent sparing
of small portions of white matter. Spared fibre tracts are often incapable of maintaining and …

Novel multi-system functional gains via task specific training in spinal cord injured male rats

PJ Ward, AN Herrity, RR Smith, A Willhite… - Journal of …, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Locomotor training (LT) after spinal cord injury (SCI) is a rehabilitative therapy used to
enhance locomotor recovery. There is evidence, primarily anecdotal, also associating LT …

Effects of exercise training on urinary tract function after spinal cord injury

CH Hubscher, LR Montgomery… - American Journal …, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes dramatic changes in the quality of life, including coping with
bladder dysfunction which requires repeated daily and nightly catheterizations. Our …

Training‐Induced Functional Gains following SCI

PJ Ward, AN Herrity, SJ Harkema… - Neural …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We previously demonstrated that daily, hour‐long training sessions significantly improved
both locomotor (limb kinematics, gait, and hindlimb flexor‐extensor bursting patterns) and …

A consistent, quantifiable, and graded rat lumbosacral spinal cord injury model

J Wen, D Sun, J Tan, W Young - Journal of neurotrauma, 2015 - liebertpub.com
The purpose of this study is to develop a rat lumbosacral spinal cord injury (SCI) model that
causes consistent motoneuronal loss and behavior deficits. Most SCI models focus on the …

Bladder responses to thoracolumbar epidural stimulation in female urethane-anesthetized rats with graded contusion spinal cord injuries

NL Wilkins, D Medina-Aguiñaga, RF Hoey… - Journal of …, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Spinal cord epidural stimulation (scES) is a therapeutic option that promotes functional
improvements in sensory, motor, and autonomic functions following spinal cord injury (SCI) …