In 50 postmortem injured cords that we have examined with detailed magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) and histopathologic analysis, a number of new and clinically important …

Tissue destruction at the primary site of a spinal cord injury leads to persistent necrosis that
progressively enlarges the lesion. Steroids attenuate this necrotizing process and promote …

Twenty-two para-and tetraplegic patients with chronic spinal cord injuries were examined
with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The clinical course in the entire rehabilitation …

Pathological changes were followed longitudinally with in vivo magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) and behavioral studies in experimental spinal cord injury (SCI). MRI‐observed …

New information on MRI findings after acute spinal cord injury, changing concepts on the
timing of surgical intervention, and a clearer understanding of the pathophysiology of this …

In chronic stages of human spinal cord injury, atrophy of the cord has been reported in
regions both at and distant to the injury site. Local cord atrophy results from the direct effects …

Detailed analysis of the structural changes that follow human clinical spinal cord injury is
limited by difficulties in achieving adequate tissue fixation. This study bypasses this obstacle …

✓ Vascular injury plays an important role in the primary and secondary injury mechanisms
that cause damage to the acutely traumatized spinal cord. To understand the …

Pathophysiological changes in the spinal cord white and grey matter resulting from injury
can be observed with MRI techniques. These techniques provide sensitive markers of …

This review examines, in a condensed manner, many of the major achievements related to
spinal cord injury research during the last quarter century. Most of the advances have been …