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Cell Transplantation, 2002 Although CNS axons have the capacity to regenerate after spinal cord injury when provided with a permissive substrate, the lack of appropriate synaptic target sites for regenerating fibers may limit restoration of spinal circuitry.
Daniel A. Castellanos +5 more
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Cellular Changes in Injured Rat Spinal Cord Following Electrical Brainstem Stimulation
Brain Sciences, 2019 Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a major cause of disability and pain, but little progress has been made in its clinical management. Low-frequency electrical stimulation (LFS) of various anti-nociceptive targets improves outcomes after SCI, including motor ...
Walter J. Jermakowicz +5 more
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Frontiers in Pain Research, 2023 Approximately 60% of individuals with a spinal cord injury (SCI) experience neuropathic pain, which often persists despite the use of various pharmacological treatments.
Kristiina Kinnunen +7 more
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Case Reports in Surgery, 2014 Introduction. Obstetric brachial plexus injury (OBPI) occurs during the process of labor and childbirth. OBPI has been reported to be associated with shoulder dystocia, macrosomia, and breech delivery. Its occurrence in uncomplicated delivery is possible
Rahul K. Nath +2 more
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Automated Method for Isolation of Adrenal Medullary Chromaffin Cells from Neonatal Porcine Glands
Cell Transplantation, 2001 An automated method for the isolation of neonatal porcine adrenal chromaffin cells is described. Adrenal chromaffin cells are potentially useful for therapeutic transplantation, but current isolation methodology suffers from labor intensiveness and ...
Caterina Vizzardelli +6 more
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Neuroprotection by chitosan nanoparticles in oxidative stress-mediated injury
BMC Research Notes, 2018 Objective Oxidative stress is a critical component of nervous system secondary injury. Oxidative stress produces toxic chemical byproducts including reactive aldehydes that traverse intact membranes and attack neighboring healthy cells.
Bojun Chen +2 more
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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2017 Background:. Injury to long thoracic and the spinal accessory nerves can cause winging scapula as a result of weakness and paralysis of the trapezius and serratus anterior muscles.
Rahul K. Nath, MD +1 more
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The Physiology of Neurogenic Obesity: Lessons from Spinal Cord Injury Research
Obesity Facts, 2023 Background: A spinal cord injury (SCI) from trauma or disease impairs sensorimotor pathways in somatic and autonomic divisions of the nervous system, affecting multiple body systems.
David W McMillan +2 more
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BMJ Case Reports, 2009 A 22-year-old Chinese man presented with sudden onset of generalised muscular weakness and paralysis upon awakening in the morning, due to sporadic periodic paralysis (SPP), a type of hypokalaemic periodic paralysis (HPP) without hyperthyroidism or familial history of paralysis. Laboratory studies showed marked hypokalaemia (K+1.6 mmol/litre).
Hung-Wei, Lin +3 more
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Trials, 2019 Background Chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) increases morbidity and mortality associated with cardiometabolic diseases, secondary to increases in central adiposity, hyperlipidaemia and impaired glucose tolerance.
David W. McMillan +5 more
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