Regenerative therapies for central nervous system diseases: a biomaterials approach

RY Tam, T Fuehrmann, N Mitrousis… - …, 2014 - nature.com
The central nervous system (CNS) has a limited capacity to spontaneously regenerate
following traumatic injury or disease, requiring innovative strategies to promote tissue and …

Remyelination after spinal cord injury: is it a target for repair?

JR Plemel, MB Keough, GJ Duncan, JS Sparling… - Progress in …, 2014 - Elsevier
After spinal cord injury (SCI) there is prolonged and dispersed oligodendrocyte cell death
that is responsible for widespread demyelination. To regenerate this lost myelin, many …

The current role of steroids in acute spinal cord injury

M Bydon, J Lin, M Macki, ZL Gokaslan, A Bydon - World neurosurgery, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Acute spinal cord injury (ASCI) is a catastrophic event that can profoundly affect
the trajectory of a patient's life. Debate continues over the pharmacologic management of …

Beclin-1-mediated autophagy protects spinal cord neurons against mechanical injury-induced apoptosis

ZY Wang, JH Lin, A Muharram, WG Liu - Apoptosis, 2014 - Springer
Apoptosis has been widely reported to be involved in the pathogenesis associated with
spinal cord injury (SCI). Recently, autophagy has also been implicated in various neuronal …

Modulating inflammatory cell responses to spinal cord injury: all in good time

AL Bowes, PK Yip - Journal of neurotrauma, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Spinal cord injury can have a range of debilitating effects, permanently impacting a patient's
quality of life. Initially thought to be an immune privileged site, the spinal cord is able to …

Wnts are expressed in the spinal cord of adult mice and are differentially induced after injury

C González-Fernández… - Journal of …, 2014 - liebertpub.com
The Wnt family of proteins plays key roles during central nervous system development and
has been involved in several neuropathologies during adulthood, including spinal cord …

Evaluation of mechanical properties and therapeutic effect of injectable self-assembling hydrogels for spinal cord injury

D Cigognini, D Silva, S Paloppi… - Journal of biomedical …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Self-assembling peptides are promising biomaterials for spinal cord repair as they can
easily be injected into the lesion site and can provide physical support to regrowing nervous …

Neuroprotective effects of perflurocarbon (oxycyte) after contusive spinal cord injury

A Yacoub, MC Hajec, R Stanger, W Wan… - Journal of …, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Spinal cord injury (SCI) often results in irreversible and permanent neurological deficits and
long-term disability. Vasospasm, hemorrhage, and loss of microvessels create an ischemic …

Tamoxifen reduces infiltration of inflammatory cells, apoptosis and inhibits IKK/NF-kB pathway after spinal cord injury in rats

H Wei, X Ma - Neurological Sciences, 2014 - Springer
In this study, neuroprotective effect of tamoxifen has been explored in spinal cord injury
(SCI) in rats by examining factors influencing IKK/NF-kB pathway in SCI in rats. It has been …

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy improves local microenvironment after spinal cord injury

Y Wang, S Zhang, M Luo, Y Li - Neural Regeneration Research, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Clinical studies have shown that hyperbaric oxygen therapy improves motor function in
patients with spinal cord injury. In the present study, we explored the mechanisms …