Tag Archives: spinal cord
Can RNA therapeutics help spinal cord injury treatments?
In the central nervous system (CNS) nerve regeneration is severely hampered making recovery from lesions such as spinal cord injury (SCI) extremely difficult and one of the most formidable challenges for regenerative medicine. So far, there are
Astrocytes modulate spinal pain processing by way of cannabinoid induced endocannabinoid release
Astrocytes were long thought to play only a supporting role in the central nervous system. However, the discovery that Ca2+ transients in astrocytes are coupled to the enhancement or depression of neuronal activity has led to the
Is surgical treatment effective for different forms of spinal cord compression?
Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy (DCM) is the most common cause of injury to the spinal cord in the elderly population worldwide and, with an aging population globally, it is likely to become even more common. As such, a
