Designing drugs that encourage spinal cord injury healing

BW Festoff - Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Spinal cord injury (SCI) occurs within seconds, but host responses may take
years. Although life expectancy has increased, half of the survivors end up as paraplegics …

Basic advances and new avenues in therapy of spinal cord injury

BH Dobkin, LA Havton - Annu. Rev. Med., 2004 - annualreviews.org
The prospects for successful clinical trials of neuroprotective and neurorestorative
interventions for patients with acute and chronic myelopathies depend on preclinical animal …

Clinical trials targeting secondary damage after traumatic spinal cord injury

ZZ Khaing, JY Chen, G Safarians, S Ezubeik… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Spinal cord injury (SCI) often causes loss of sensory and motor function resulting in a
significant reduction in quality of life for patients. Currently, no therapies are available that …

Do Pharmacological Treatments Act in Collaboration with Rehabilitation in Spinal Cord Injury Treatment? A Review of Preclinical Studies

S Tashiro, S Shibata, N Nagoshi, L Zhang, S Yamada… - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
There is no choice other than rehabilitation as a practical medical treatment to restore
impairments or improve activities after acute treatment in people with spinal cord injury …

Advancements in neuroregenerative and neuroprotective therapies for traumatic spinal cord injury

G Fischer, L Bättig, MN Stienen, A Curt… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCIs) continue to be a major healthcare concern, with a rising
prevalence worldwide. In response to this growing medical challenge, considerable …

Inflammatory-mediated injury and repair in the traumatically injured spinal cord

TB Jones, EE McDaniel… - Current pharmaceutical …, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com
Spinal cord trauma activates the immune system and elicits leukocyte recruitment to the site
of injury. This increase in immunological activity contributes to acute lesion expansion over a …

Miracles and molecules—progress in spinal cord repair

AR Blight - Nature neuroscience, 2002 - nature.com
Severe spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to devastating loss of neurological function below the
level of injury and adversely affects multiple body systems. Most basic research on SCI is …

Neuroprotection and regeneration strategies for spinal cord repair

EC Tsai, CH Tator - Current pharmaceutical design, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com
The journey toward a cure for spinal cord injury (SCI) has taken many paths. In this article,
we review these paths, and highlight the clinical applications of these experimental repair …

Spinal cord injury: plasticity, regeneration and the challenge of translational drug development

A Blesch, MH Tuszynski - Trends in neurosciences, 2009 - cell.com
Over the past three decades, multiple mechanisms limiting central nervous system
regeneration have been identified. Here, we address plasticity arising from spared systems …

The quest to repair the damaged spinal cord

MT Moreno-Flores, J Ávila - Recent Patents on CNS Drug …, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com
Spinal cord injuries devastate the lives of those affected. Normally, acute injury leads to
chronic injury in the spinal cord, although this has a variable impact on normal sensory and …