Can the Spinal Cord Learn and Remember? by Pierre A. Guertin

“…However, recent data have provided strong evidence to suggest that comparable processes are also expressed in the spinal cord. Experiments performed mainly in spinal cord–transected animals have reported that, indeed, spinal-mediated functions, such as the stretch or flexion reflex, pain signaling, micturition, or locomotion, may undergo plasticity changes associated with partial functional recovery that occur spontaneously or conditionally. …”
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Controversies in the Surgical Management of Spinal Cord Injuries by Ahmed M. Raslan, Andrew N. Nemecek

“…Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) affects over 200,000 people in the USA and is a major source of morbidity, mortality, and societal cost. …”
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Research Progress on Biomaterials for Spinal Cord Repair by Liao Z, Bao Q, Saijilahu, Chimedtseren C, Tumurbaatar K, Saijilafu

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RUPTURE OF INTRAMEDULARY SPINAL CORD CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA by I Fadhilah S, Meiti Frida, Basjiruddin Ahmad

“…Intramedulary spinal cord cavernous hemangioma merupakan malformasi vaskular yang jarang terjadi. …”
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Spinal Cord Lesion: Effects of and Perspectives for Treatment by V. Dietz

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The Potential of Curcumin in Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury by Raghavendra Sanivarapu, Vijayalakshmi Vallabhaneni, Vivek Verma

“…Current treatment for spinal cord injury (SCI) is supportive at best; despite great efforts, the lack of better treatment solutions looms large on neurological science and medicine. …”
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Spinal cord ischemia – from diagnosis to treatment by Małgorzata Wiszniewska, Małgorzata Sankowska

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Spinal Cord Stroke: Acute Imaging and Intervention by Karen Lynch, Joel Oster, Diana Apetauerova, Kinan Hreib

“…Spinal cord infarction is an uncommon disease and as such is often a diagnostic challenge for clinicians. …”
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Three-dimensional reconstruction of the spinal cord of thoroughbred by Durmuş Bolat

“…The aim of this study was to three-dimensional reconstruction of cervical part of the spinal cord of a thoroughbred horse using its histological sections with the help of 3d reconstruction module of stereo investigator. …”
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A Unique Case for Spinal Cord Stimulation: Successful Treatment of Small Fiber Neuropathy Pain Using Multiple Spinal Cord Stimulators by Maxim Eckmann, Alexander Papanastassiou, Mark Awad

“…Spinal cord stimulators have commonly been used to treat multiple pain conditions. …”
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Cognitive and Emotional Empathy in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury by Veronica Guadagni, Marco Sarà, Massimiliano Conson, Antonio Carolei, Simona Sacco, Silvia Vadini, Caterina Pistarini, Arcangelo Barbonetti, Giuseppe Iaria, Francesca Pistoia

“…Materials and Methods. 20 patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) (12 males and 8 females, mean age=50.9, standard deviation SD=16.1 years; mean education=10.9, SD=4.1 years) were included in the study and compared to 20 matched healthy subjects. …”
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Infertility in Men with Spinal Cord Injury: Research and Treatment by Nancy L. Brackett

“…Spinal cord injury (SCI) occurs most often to young men. …”
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Progress on spinal cord stimulation in treatment of peripheral neuropathy by ZONG Yun⁃fei, DONG Tie⁃yan, BAO Min

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Roles of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Spinal Cord Injury by Jing Qu, Huanxiang Zhang

“…Spinal cord injury (SCI) represents one of the most complicated and heterogeneous pathological processes of central nervous system (CNS) impairments, which is still beyond functional regeneration. …”
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Spinal Cord Injury Research in Mice: 2008 Review by Inge Steuer, Pierre A. Guertin

“…Spinal cord injury (SCI) is an irreversible condition causing damage to myelinated fiber tracts that carry sensation and motor signals to and from the brain. …”
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Posttraumatic Spinal Cord Injury without Radiographic Abnormality by Kivanc Atesok, Nobuhiro Tanaka, Andrew O’Brien, Yohan Robinson, Dachling Pang, Donald Deinlein, Sakthivel Rajaram Manoharan, Jason Pittman, Steven Theiss

“…“Spinal Cord Injury without Radiographic Abnormality” (SCIWORA) is a term that denotes objective clinical signs of posttraumatic spinal cord injury without evidence of fracture or malalignment on plain radiographs and computed tomography (CT) of the spine. …”
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Microglia and Spinal Cord Synaptic Plasticity in Persistent Pain by Sarah Taves, Temugin Berta, Gang Chen, Ru-Rong Ji

“…In this review, we discuss the recent findings illustrating the importance of microglial mediators in regulating synaptic plasticity of the excitatory and inhibitory pain circuits in the spinal cord, leading to enhanced pain states. Insights into microglial-neuronal interactions in the spinal cord dorsal horn will not only further our understanding of neural plasticity but may also lead to novel therapeutics for chronic pain management.…”
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Spinal Cord Pathology in Alpha-Synuclein Transgenic Mice by Sonja Mendritzki, Saskia Schmidt, Teresa Sczepan, Xin-Ran Zhu, Daniel Segelcke, Hermann Lübbert

“…Thus, the transgenic mice show a profound pathology in glial cells of the spinal cord.…”
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The Role of IL-17 Promotes Spinal Cord Neuroinflammation via Activation of the Transcription Factor STAT3 after Spinal Cord Injury in the Rat by Shaohui Zong, Gaofeng Zeng, Ye Fang, Jinzhen Peng, Yong Tao, Keke Li, Jingmin Zhao

“…Immunohistochemistry was used to determine the expression levels of IL-17 and p-STAT3 in spinal cord tissues. Western blotting analysis was used to determine the protein expression of p-STAT3 in spinal cord tissue. …”
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Fetal Spinal Cord Tissue in Mini-Guidance Channels Promotes Longitudinal Axonal Growth after Grafting into Hemisected Adult Rat Spinal Cords by Norman I. Bamber, Huaying Li, Patrick Aebischer, Xiao Ming Xu

“…Solid fetal spinal cord (FSC) tissue, seeded into semipermeable mini-guidance channels, was tested for the ability to promote axonal growth across the gap created by a midthoracic (T8) hemisection in adult rats. …”
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