AAV gene delivery to the spinal cord: serotypes, methods, candidate diseases, and clinical trials

N Hardcastle, NM Boulis, T Federici - Expert opinion on biological …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Adeno-associated viral (AAV) vector-mediated gene delivery to the spinal cord
has finally entered the pathway towards regulatory approval. Phase 1 clinical trials using …

Respiratory training and plasticity after cervical spinal cord injury

M Randelman, LV Zholudeva, S Vinit… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
While spinal cord injuries (SCIs) result in a vast array of functional deficits, many of which
are life threatening, the majority of SCIs are anatomically incomplete. Spared neural …

Novel regenerative drug, SPG302 promotes functional recovery of diaphragm muscle activity after cervical spinal cord injury

MJ Fogarty, WZ Zhan, VF Simmon… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Spinal cord hemisection at C2 (C2SH), sparing the dorsal column is widely used to
investigate the effects of reduced phrenic motor neuron (PhMN) activation on diaphragm …

Acute intrathecal BDNF enhances functional recovery after cervical spinal cord injury in rats

GC Sieck, HM Gransee, WZ Zhan… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Unilateral C2 hemisection (C2SH) disrupts descending inspiratory-related drive to phrenic
motor neurons and thus, silences rhythmic diaphragm muscle (DIAm) activity. There is …

Local BDNF delivery to the injured cervical spinal cord using an engineered hydrogel enhances diaphragmatic respiratory function

B Ghosh, Z Wang, J Nong, MW Urban… - Journal of …, 2018 - Soc Neuroscience
We developed an innovative biomaterial-based approach to repair the critical neural
circuitry that controls diaphragm activation by locally delivering brain-derived neurotrophic …

Impacts of epidural electrical stimulation on Wnt signaling, FAAH, and BDNF following thoracic spinal cord injury in rat

M Ghorbani, P Shahabi, P Karimi… - Journal of Cellular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Electrical stimulation (ES) has been shown to improve some of impairments after spinal cord
injury (SCI), but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. The Wnt signaling pathways …

Diaphragm electromyographic activity following unilateral midcervical contusion injury in rats

S Rana, GC Sieck, CB Mantilla - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
Contusion-type injuries to the spinal cord are characterized by tissue loss and disruption of
spinal pathways. Midcervical spinal cord injuries impair the function of respiratory muscles …

BDNF effects on functional recovery across motor behaviors after cervical spinal cord injury

V Hernandez-Torres, HM Gransee… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
Unilateral C2 cervical spinal cord hemisection (SH) disrupts descending excitatory drive to
phrenic motor neurons, thereby paralyzing the ipsilateral diaphragm muscle (DIAm) during …

Phrenic motor neuron survival below cervical spinal cord hemisection

LL Allen, NL Nichols, ZA Asa, AT Emery… - Experimental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cervical spinal cord injury (cSCI) severs bulbospinal projections to respiratory motor
neurons, paralyzing respiratory muscles below the injury. C2 spinal hemisection (C2Hx) is a …

BDNF-TrkB Signaling Pathway in Spinal Cord Injury: Insights and Implications

HS Shamsnia, A Peyrovinasab, D Amirlou… - Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a neurodegenerative disorder that has critical impact on patient's
life expectance and life span, and this disorder also leads to negative socioeconomic …