Transplant Drug May Provide Benefits after Spinal Cord Injury supriya kashyap kashyap10 July 2016 4:23 PM ISTNew research in mice indicates that a drug commonly used to suppress the immune system in recipients of organ transplants may also reduce tissue...
Stem Cell treatment is effective in recovery of spinal injuries supriya kashyap kashyap23 Aug 2016 3:39 PM ISTNew Delhi : Stem Cell treatment or the Human Embryonic Stem Cells (HESC) is effective in the replacement of damaged neurons, re-establishment of lost...
Gut bacteria can aid recovery from spinal cord injury, study suggests supriya kashyap kashyap18 Oct 2016 3:28 PM ISTResearchers from The Ohio State University have discovered that spinal cord injury alters the type of bacteria living in the gut and that these...
Brain stimulation protocol reduces spasticity in spinal cord injury patients Anjali Nimesh Nimesh21 Jun 2017 11:23 AM ISTSpasticity, uncontrolled muscle contractions, is a common disorder experienced by patients with spinal cord injuries (SCI). Previous studies have...
Spinal cord injury: Using cortical targets to improve motor function Anjali Nimesh Nimesh25 Jun 2017 11:57 AM ISTMonica A. Perez, P.T., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery and The Miami Project, and colleagues, recently published A...
Nanoparticles limit damage in spinal cord injury Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 Sept 2017 9:15 AM ISTAfter a spinal cord injury, a significant amount of secondary nerve damage is caused by inflammation and internal scarring that inhibits the ability...
New treatment significantly improved bladder activity after spinal cord injury Anjali Nimesh Nimesh11 Sept 2017 9:10 AM ISTResearchers have shown that compared to placebo, a drug treatment intended to prevent remodeling of the bladder wall and given within 48 hours after...
Individual with complete spinal cord injury regains voluntary motor function Anjali Nimesh Nimesh27 Oct 2017 7:02 PM ISTA research participant at the University of Louisville with a complete spinal cord injury, who had lost motor function below the level of the injury,...
Virtual reality reduces phantom pain in paraplegics Anjali Nimesh Nimesh2 Nov 2017 7:15 PM ISTIn a breakthrough research led by neuroscientist Olaf Blanke and his team at EPFL, Switzerland, the scientists show that phantom body pain can be...
Spinal cord injury affects the heart Anjali Nimesh Nimesh13 Dec 2017 7:18 PM ISTSpinal cord injury affects the heart, that's what research published in Experimental Physiology and carried out by researchers from the University of...
Epidural stimulation by electrical implant improves symptoms after spinal cord injury : JAMA Anjali Nimesh Nimesh25 Feb 2018 7:05 PM ISTIsaac Darrel, of Langley, British Columbia had a spinal cord injury six years ago after which he started having unexplained symptoms like dizziness,...
How to go about giving First Aid to unconscious Hina Zahid30 Aug 2018 7:10 PM ISTIt is a vital question -How to go about giving First Aid to an unconscious individual.Unconsciousness is different from normal sleep in that...
