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Researchers discover treatment for spinal cord injury pain
Spinal cord injury patients with moderate to severe nerve pain experienced less pain and in some cases no pain while taking the drug pregabalin.   view more (2006-11-28)

Media invitation: Groundbreaking spinal injury therapy to be showcased in new exhibition
In response to a recent study published by a team of doctors from Imperial College London and Charing Cross hospital, the Science Museum in London has created a mini exhibition exploring magnetic therapy. The recent study found early evidence that administration of magnetic stimulation to the... view more (2004-05-20)

Seat belt injuries could signal more serious trauma in children
Ill-fitting seatbelts raise the risk of serious injury to children involved in car accidents. And seat belt injuries should alert physicians to look for signs of more serious consequences, particularly spinal cord injury, which is not always immediately apparent.   view more (2007-08-10)

Electric Therapy helps Muscle Spasticity
Researchers in Austria who have been trying to overcome spasticity in people with spinal cord injury have made significant progress that might, in the future, help patients to stand. A technique called spinal cord stimulation is showing promise for people whose legs are bent and stiffened due to... view more (2002-10-24)

Researchers pinpoint molecular basis for phantom pain
Yale researchers report the first evidence that phantom pain following spinal cord injury is the result of hypersensitive neurons in the thalamic region of the brain that can be suppressed with specially designed molecular agents.   view more (2005-09-21)

Intensive training post-spinal cord injury can stimulate repair in brain and spinal cord
Intensive rehabilitation training for patients with spinal cord injuries can stimulate new branches growing from severed nerve fibers, alongside compensatory changes in the brain, say Canadian researchers. Most importantly, it could lead to restoring hand function and the ability to walk.   view more (2007-12-19)

Stem cell treatment succeeds in spinal cord-injured rats
Stem cells can repair damaged spinal tissue and help restore function in rats with spinal cord injuries, according to a new study.   view more (2006-03-29)

Preventing spinal cord injury during aortic surgery
Surgery to repair aortic aneurysms often comes with a high price: neurological deficits, but new research points to a possible defense against spinal cord injury during aortic surgery.   view more (2006-06-22)

Spinal cord injury research hampered by animal models, says new study
Research on traumatic spinal cord injuries is hampered by a reliance on animal experiments that don't accurately predict human outcomes, says a new study in the upcoming edition of the peer-reviewed journal Reviews in the Neurosciences. The review was written by scientists with the Physicians... view more (2008-04-29)

Elderly spinal cord injuries increase five-fold in 30 years, Jefferson neurosurgeons find
The number of spinal cord injuries among senior citizens (age 70 and above) has increased five times in the past 30 years, as compared with younger spinal cord injury patients, researchers at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Jefferson's Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of the Delaware... view more (2007-03-20)

Brain compensatory mechanisms enhance the recovery from spinal cord injury
A research team led by Tadashi Isa, a professor at the Japanese National Institute for Physiological Sciences, NIPS (SEIRIKEN), and Dr. Yukio Nishimura (University of Washington, Seattle), have found that brain compensatory mechanisms contribute to recovery from spinal cord injury.   view more (2007-11-16)

Promising new nanotechnology for spinal cord injury
A spinal cord injury often leads to permanent paralysis and loss of sensation below the site of the injury because the damaged nerve fibers can't regenerate. The nerve fibers or axons have the capacity to grow again, but don't because they're blocked by scar tissue that develops around the injury.   view more (2008-04-03)

Hopes of a New Treatment Approach for Paralysis
Scientists at the Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg) were recently able to show in experiments with mice that a paralysis can be reversed by blocking programmed cell death. Paralysis in the form of paraplegia and quadriplegia is usually the result of... view more (2004-03-15)

Rise in serious head injuries among snowboarders and skiers
Serious head injuries among alpine skiers and snowboarders have risen over the past 15 years, reveals research in Injury Prevention.   view more (2007-12-04)

Study establishes safety of spinal cord stem cell transplantation
Transplanting human embryonic stem cells does not cause harm and can be used as a therapeutic strategy for the treatment of acute spinal cord injury.   view more (2006-07-20)

New study identifies key gene in development of connections between brain and spinal cord
A new study, presented at the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology's (ACNP) Annual Meeting, has identified a specific gene that is necessary for the development of connections between the brain and the spinal cord.   view more (2005-12-14)

Medication appears helpful for treatment of erectile dysfunction in men with spinal cord injuries
The drug tadalafil appears to improve erectile function in men with spinal cord injuries, according to an article posted online today that will appear in the November 2007 print issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.   view more (2007-09-11)

UCLA scientists restore walking after spinal cord injury
Spinal cord damage blocks the routes that the brain uses to send messages to the nerve cells that control walking. Until now, doctors believed that the only way for injured patients to walk again was to re-grow the long nerve highways that link the brain and base of the spinal cord.   view more (2008-01-07)

Jefferson Orthopaedic Surgeons Leading International Study of Timing of Spinal Surgery
When it comes to a devastating spinal injury, says spine surgeon Alexander Vaccaro, M.D., timing might be nearly everything. It's also a topic of great debate and discussion among orthopaedic surgeons.   view more (2006-10-05)

Getting Relief from Pain Can Be Shocking
People suffering from chronic pain caused by a nerve injury are experiencing relief through the use of electrical stimulation of the spinal cord. The journal Neuromodulation, published by Blackwell on behalf of the International Neuromodulation Society and the International Functional Electrical... view more (2004-07-26)

U of M researchers identify process that may help treat Parkinson's, spinal cord injuries
A new discovery by University of Minnesota researchers may lead to a better understanding of how the spinal cord controls how people walk. These insights could help lead to treatments for central nervous system maladies such as Parkinson's disease and spinal cord injuries.   view more (2008-04-17)

UCSF study finds nerve regeneration is possible in spinal cord injuries
A team of scientists at UCSF has made a critical discovery that may help in the development of techniques to promote functional recovery after a spinal cord injury.   view more (2005-12-02)

Researchers use MRI to predict recovery after spinal cord injury
Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), radiologists can better predict the likelihood of full or partial recovery of patients with acute spinal cord injuries (SCI).   view more (2007-05-29)

Human stem cell transplants mature into neurons and make contacts in rat spinal cord
Human nerve stem cells transplanted into rats' damaged spinal cords have survived, grown and in some cases connected with the rats' own spinal cord cells in a Johns Hopkins laboratory, overturning the long-held notion that spinal cords won't allow nerve repair.   view more (2007-02-14)

GPS-like technology helps pinpoint best methods for moving injured players
The 15 minutes it took to remove Buffalo Bills player Kevin Everett off the field after he suffered a spinal cord injury may seem like a long time for someone needing acute medical care, but in fact, those minutes underscore how critical it is to carefully move a player with a suspected spinal cord... view more (2007-09-17)
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