Spinal cord injury: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic interventions

X Hu, W Xu, Y Ren, Z Wang, X He, R Huang… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Spinal cord injury (SCI) remains a severe condition with an extremely high disability rate.
The challenges of SCI repair include its complex pathological mechanisms and the …

The PI3K/AKT signalling pathway in inflammation, cell death and glial scar formation after traumatic spinal cord injury: Mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities

X He, Y Li, B Deng, A Lin, G Zhang, M Ma… - Cell …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objects Traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) causes neurological dysfunction below
the injured segment of the spinal cord, which significantly impacts the quality of life in …

[HTML][HTML] Walking naturally after spinal cord injury using a brain–spine interface

H Lorach, A Galvez, V Spagnolo, F Martel, S Karakas… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
A spinal cord injury interrupts the communication between the brain and the region of the
spinal cord that produces walking, leading to paralysis 1, 2. Here, we restored this …

Non-invasive spinal cord electrical stimulation for arm and hand function in chronic tetraplegia: a safety and efficacy trial

C Moritz, EC Field-Fote, C Tefertiller, I van Nes… - Nature medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to permanent impairment of arm and hand functions.
Here we conducted a prospective, single-arm, multicenter, open-label, non-significant risk …

Epidural stimulation of the cervical spinal cord for post-stroke upper-limb paresis

MP Powell, N Verma, E Sorensen, E Carranza… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Cerebral strokes can disrupt descending commands from motor cortical areas to the spinal
cord, which can result in permanent motor deficits of the arm and hand. However, below the …

A spinal cord neuroprosthesis for locomotor deficits due to Parkinson's disease

T Milekovic, EM Moraud, N Macellari, C Moerman… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
People with late-stage Parkinson's disease (PD) often suffer from debilitating locomotor
deficits that are resistant to currently available therapies. To alleviate these deficits, we …

Single-cell and spatial atlases of spinal cord injury in the Tabulae Paralytica

MA Skinnider, M Gautier, AYY Teo, C Kathe, TH Hutson… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Here, we introduce the Tabulae Paralytica—a compilation of four atlases of spinal cord
injury (SCI) comprising a single-nucleus transcriptome atlas of half a million cells, a …

Natural and targeted circuit reorganization after spinal cord injury

MA Anderson, JW Squair, M Gautier, TH Hutson… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
A spinal cord injury disrupts communication between the brain and the circuits in the spinal
cord that regulate neurological functions. The consequences are permanent paralysis, loss …

[HTML][HTML] The neurons that restore walking after paralysis

C Kathe, MA Skinnider, TH Hutson, N Regazzi… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
A spinal cord injury interrupts pathways from the brain and brainstem that project to the
lumbar spinal cord, leading to paralysis. Here we show that spatiotemporal epidural …

A biodegradable and flexible neural interface for transdermal optoelectronic modulation and regeneration of peripheral nerves

P Sun, C Li, C Yang, M Sun, H Hou, Y Guan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Optoelectronic neural interfaces can leverage the photovoltaic effect to convert light into
electrical current, inducing charge redistribution and enabling nerve stimulation. This …