Article: Video: Allen Institute for Brain Science Unveils World's First Genome-Wide Spinal Cord Atlas.

Article: Video: Allen Institute for Brain Science Unveils World's First Genome-Wide Spinal Cord Atlas.
Immunotherapy Weekly;  July 30, 2008 ;     603 words ......unveiled the groundbreaking Allen Spinal Cord Atlas, the world's first genome-wide...gene expression. The Allen Spinal Cord Atlas is designed to address a gap...Consortium Joins Forces The Allen Spinal Cord Atlas was first proposed by scientists...

Article: Mouse genes mapped; Scientists hail genome-wide plotting of rodents' spinal cord as huge step for human spinal diseases.(News)
The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario);  July 17, 2008 ;     474 words ......genome-wide map of the spinal cord of the mouse, a move...treatments - in human spinal cord diseases. The map, dubbed the Allen Spinal Cord Atlas, charts the genetic activity within the mouse spinal cord and will help researchers...paralysis and other ...

Article: Transport of NGFs plus/minus MIF-1 into spinal cord
Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development;  May 1, 1997 ;     410 words ...PURPOSE-Severe damage to the spinal cord has devastating consequences because...accomplish this regeneration of the spinal cord, an adequate supply of nerve growth...substances from the circulation into the spinal cord would open up new approaches to treatment...

Article: Analysis: Spinal cord injury patients experience new hope with stem cell research
NPR All Things Considered;  November 6, 2000 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 Analysis: Spinal cord injury patients experience new hope...be transplanted into people with spinal cord injuries to help repair damage and...treatment or repair of a damaged spinal cord was inconceivable a mere decade...

Article: Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center to Host 'Curing and Coping With Spinal Cord Injury,' a Symposium and Fundraiser on Nov. 30 at the Field Museum.
PR Newswire;  November 29, 2000 ;     688 words ......symposium and fund raising event for spinal cord injury research on Thursday, Nov. 30...will be directed to the Jane Carvey Spinal Cord Research Fund at Rush. Jane Carvey is...occupational therapist who suffered a major spinal cord injury in 1999. Her husband, Paul Carvey...

Article: Vascular Events After Spinal Cord Injury: Contribution to Secondary Pathogenesis.
Physical Therapy;  July 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Spinal cord injury results in the initial physical disruption of structures in the spinal cord (primary insult) and in the generation of...improvement of neurological function in the injured spinal cord after myelotomy and removal of the contused...

Article: Is the recovery of stepping following spinal cord injury mediated by modifying existing neural pathways or by generating new pathways? a Perspective. (Spinal Cord Injury Special Series).
Physical Therapy;  December 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......the efforts to regenerate the injured spinal cord as a primary means of regaining locomotor...recovery achieved by the mammal with spinal cord injury can be attributed to a reorganization...the loss of supraspinal input to the spinal cord is complete, locomotor networks in the...

Article: Scientists finger surprise culprit in spinal cord injury.
Biotech Week;  August 18, 2004 ;     700+ words ......alive, runs amok at the site of a spinal cord injury, pouring into the area...causing the devastating damage of spinal cord injury is unexpected. Doctors have known that initial trauma to the spinal cord is exacerbated by a cascade of...

Article: RESEARCH SHOWS SPINAL CORD CAN LEARN - EVEN WHEN SEVERED
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 2, 2006 ;     647 words ......convinced researchers that the spinal cord can learn, even when it is severed...shows that attempts to stimulate spinal cord learning must be carefully managed...patient benefit. "Patients with spinal cord injuries may be suffering pain...

Article: Researchers restore movement after spinal cord damage
The Hindustan Times;  January 7, 2008 ;     467 words ......follow a new pathway to restore movement after a spinal cord injury. Spinal cord injury suspends the pathway that brain uses to...highways that connected the brain and base of the spinal cord. The new finding has now opened up the possibility...

Article: JIM KELLY, TOM DONAHOE AND CURLY NEAL TAKE TO LINKS FOR SPINAL CORD SOCIETY FUND RAISER
PR Newswire;  June 14, 1995 ;     414 words ......BUTLER, Pa., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Spinal Cord Society's 12th Annual Carl Stimac Memorial...Country Club. Held each year to benefit spinal cord injury cure research, the event is sponsored...Brady, PA. Stimac suffered a tragic spinal cord injury in a high school football game...

Article: Damaged Spinal Cord Found to Have Great Potential for Nerve Regrowth.
PR Newswire;  July 15, 1999 ;     454 words ......July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Injury to the spinal cord can often result in dire consequences...new basic principle that the damaged spinal cord has, in fact, far greater potential...injury as being the major obstacle to spinal cord regeneration. In the Journal of Neuroscience...

Article: Neurons regenerate into spinal cord.
Science News;  November 21, 1987 ;     700+ words ...Neurons Regenerate Into Spinal Cord Neuroscientists this week reported...nerves to grow directly into the spinal cord, and that the regenerated nerves...nerve damage in and around the spinal cord can be reversed. Neurosurgeons...

Article: Comparative analysis of the time-dependent functional and molecular changes in spinal cord degeneration induced by the G93A SOD1 gene mutation and by mechanical compression.(Research article)(Clinical report)
BMC Genomics;  October 23, 2008 ;     700+ words ......1]; John V Priestley [1] Background Spinal cord degeneration in humans resulting from...recovery after a mechanical insult to the spinal cord depends on the force and site of impact...neurodegenerative disorders affecting the spinal cord present a wide range of clinical variability...