ICORD Principal Investigator Dr. Peter Cripton will be featured on CFAX Radio’s Terry Moore show, Friday, February 1st from 4-5pm. Dr. Cripton will be discussing all types of head injuries, from contact sports to falls. He will also talk about Read More…
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Restoring voluntary control of locomotion after paralyzing spinal cord injury
| 2 commentsBy: Nikhita Dogra and Naima Kotadia This is a summary of a paper published by a research group from Zurich, Switzerland in the journal Science. Original article: Rubia van den Brand et al. Restoring Voluntary Control of Locomotion after Paralyzing Read More…
ICORD’s annual report for 2011-12 is now available
| 0 commentsICORD’s annual report for April 2011 to March 2012 is now available. Download the low-resolution PDF.
Love on Wheels: Vancouver Writers Fest event @ BSCC
| 0 commentsA unique workshop is coming to the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre, just in time for the Vancouver Writers Festl: noted Mexican poet Ekiwah Adler-Beléndez will host Love on Wheels, a poetry workshop on October 20th from 1-3pm. Adler-Beléndez published his Read More…
Stem cells and SCI: Unrestricted somatic stem cells
| 5 commentsBy: Kevin Chi This is a summary of a paper published by a research group from Dusseldorf, Germany in the journal Brain. Original article: Schira, J., Gasis, M., Estrada, V., Hendricks, M., Schmitz, C., Trapp, T., Kruse, F., Kögler, G., Wernet, Read More…
Cafe Scientifique webcast
| 1 commentIf you would like to watch the Cafe Scientifique webcast on Spinal Cord Research, please visit http://tinyurl.com/7jf9luf Please click on the paperclip icon at the bottom right of the page if you would like to fill out a survey. Thanks!
A wheelchair skills camp for children with SCI
| 1 commentBy: Leanne Ramer and Bonita Sawatzky A wheelchair skills camp for children with SCI Mobility is an issue for most people with SCI, but one group of people that deserve special consideration is children with SCI who use wheelchairs. Depending Read More…
Restoring breathing after cervical SCI
| 2 commentsBy: Andre Fallavollita This is a summary of a paper published by a research group from Ohio, USA in the journal Nature. Original article: Alilain WJ, Horn KP, Hu H, Dick TE, Silver J. Functional regeneration of respiratory pathways after spinal cord Read More…
Regrowth of nerves in the adult spinal cord
| 0 commentsBy: Ivan Chiu This is a summary of a paper published by a research group from Massachusetts, USA in the journal Nature Neuroscience. Original article: Liu K, Lu Y, Lee JK, Samara R, Willenberg R, Sears-Kraxberger I, et al. PTEN Read More…
Functional electrical stimulation cycling in women with SCI
| 2 commentsBy: Nathan Santos This is a summary of a paper published by researchers from Vancouver, BC in The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. Original article: Ashe MC, Eng JJ, Krassioukov AV, Warburton DER, Hung C, Tawashy A. Response to functional Read More…