By Gabrielle John Research in focus aims to profile and translate research that has been reviewed by highly respected peers in the field of spinal cord injury to the community, as a means to maintain community engagement with on going Read More…
Blog Archives: biology
Autonomic Dysreflexia after Spinal Cord Injury
| 0 commentsBy Jennifer Pisarek This is a summary of a paper published by ICORD researchers from Vancouver, Canada in The Spine Journal. Original article: Alan et al. (2010). Recurrent autonomic dysreflexia exacerbates vascular dysfunction after spinal cord injury. The Spine Journal, Read More…
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.
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…
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…
