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Studying skin-derived cells for experimental SCI treatment

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This is a summary of a paper published in the Journal of Neuroscience. Schwann cells generated from neonatal skin-derived precursors or neonatal peripheral nerve improve functional recovery after acute transplantation into the partially Injured Cervical Spinal Cord of the Rat Read More…

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Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord enables voluntary muscle movements in people with chronic spinal cord injury.

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Damian Feldman-Kiss Original Article: C. A. Angeli, V. R. Edgerton, Y. P. Gerasimenko and S. J. Harkema (2014). Altering spinal  cord excitability enables voluntary movements after chronic complete paralysis  in humans. Brain, 137(5), 1394-1409. Find the original article here. Summary: Complete paralysis is the Read More…