Spinal cord injury can lead to severe motor, sensory and autonomic dysfunction. Currently,
there is no effective treatment for the injured spinal cord. The transplantation of Schwann …

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 recent years saw the advent of promising preclinical strategies that combat the
devastating effects of a spinal cord injury (SCI) that are progressing towards clinical trials …

▪ Abstract Nerve regeneration is a complex biological phenomenon. In the peripheral
nervous system, nerves can regenerate on their own if injuries are small. Larger injuries …

The rationale for implantation of autologous human Schwann cells (SCs) in persons with
subacute spinal cord injury (SCI) is based on evidence that transplanted SCs are …

Cell transplantation therapies have become a major focus in pre-clinical research as a
promising strategy for the treatment of spinal cord injury (SCI). In this article, we …

Progress in the field of axonal regeneration research has been like the process of axonal
growth itself: there is steady progress toward reaching the target, but there are episodes of …

Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) results in an immediate loss of motor and sensory function
below the injury site and is associated with a poor prognosis. The inhibitory environment that …

Postinjury recovery in most tissues requires an effective dialog with macrophages; however,
in the mammalian central nervous system, this dialog may be restricted (possibly due to its …

The upper cervical corticospinal tract was transected on one side in adult rats. A suspension
of ensheathing cells cultured from adult rat olfactory bulb was injected into the lesion site …