More Oxygen to Chronic Cord, More Recovery - Blog
May 31, 2017
Spinal cord injury begins with sudden traumatic force but that’s only the beginning of the damage to the nervous system. A wave of secondary events... Read More
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Our blog offers stories from the community, updates from the Reeve Foundation, and breaking news on research.
The opinions expressed in these blogs are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.
A Drug and its Champion: Persistence Matters - Blog
April 20, 2017
Give it up for Lisa McKerracher. She has certainly earned her merit badge for persistence. A compound she discovered 20 years ago, Cethrin, is now... Read More
Zebrafish: a go-to model for spinal cord regeneration - Blog
January 5, 2017
Some animals have the capacity for self-repair. Haven’t you always wondered whether one day we’ll figure out the recipe for limb or nerve... Read More
Spinal Cord Dopamine Linked to Bladder Function - Blog
December 21, 2016
Dopamine (abbreviated as DA) is a neurotransmitter, a chemical messenger that is important for many things, including movement; Parkinson’s disease,... Read More
NRN Community Center Expands to UK - Blog
December 13, 2016
Harvey Sihota, from London, injured in 2009, now runs a network of community fitness/wellness gyms, Neurokinex, in the U.K. One location, in Gatwick,... Read More
Gut Health and SCI: Probiotics as Treatments? - Blog
October 20, 2016
This is a cool paper, just out in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, from the Phil Popovich lab at Ohio State: "Gut dysbiosis impairs recovery... Read More
Heads Up: Nanoribbon Scaffold Helps Cord Splicing - Blog
September 27, 2016
This story caught my eye, it got a lot of coverage, so maybe your eye too. Spinal cords of lab animals were sliced with a sharp scalpel; the cut ends... Read More
Stem Cells: Mid-Trial Hopefulness - Blog
September 21, 2016
You know how hard it can be, managing expectations. I realized a long time ago that most readers of this blog don’t care to wade too deeply into... Read More
Transcranial magnetic stimulation: a non-invasive neurostimulation - Blog
August 2, 2016
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a type of non-invasive neurostimulation recently shown to restore function in spinal cord injury (SCI),... Read MoreThe opinions expressed in these blogs are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.