Antidepressants decrease chronic pain by inhibiting TNF production in brain, UB researchers find
...sing from specific regions of the brain and spinal cord may influence the way pain is perceived. "Normall...a certain group of neurons in the brain and spinal cord that release the neurotransmitter norepinephrine from nerve terminals along their axons inhibits the...Survival improves in clinical trial for severe birth defect, with or without fetal surgery
...blocked and the lungs cleared before the umbilical cord was cut. In this fetal treatment group, 73 percent of infants with severe CDH survived. The control group of newborns with comparably severe CDH were delivered at UCSF and treated from the moment of birth. UCSF neonatologists employed advances in li...Blocking immune response to spinal cord injury can improve chances for recovery
... Calif., Nov. 13, 2003 -- People who suffer spinal cord injuries may have a greater chance of recovery if ...ed on rats, stopped the secondary nerve and spinal cord damage caused by the immune system response. Use of these antibodies resulted in significantly impro...Stem cell and other new biological therapies are target of major NIH contract to U of MN
...rogenitor cells, or MAPCs), expansion of umbilical cord blood (UCB) hematopoietic (blood) stem cells, tumo... Wagner is also investigating the use of umbilical cord blood to treat children and adults with immune disorders, leukemia, tumors, lymphoma, anemias, metab...Treatment options expand for patients with neuropathic pain
...had cancer, multiple sclerosis, a stroke, a spinal cord injury, or a number of other conditions. It was just a little more than five years ago that Dworkin pulled together experts from around the world to create the first annual International Conference on the Mechanisms and Treatment of Neuropathic Pain...Wanted: people to test orgasmatron
..., who studies sexual function in women with spinal cord injuries. Only one woman has completed the first stage of the trial, and one other is now being signed up. Meloy hopes to find eight more to complete the first stage of the study, in which wires connected to a battery pack are inserted through the s......elf floating down again and grab a drifting safety cord to right myself again well before the double gravity phase. By the time the next parabola comes round I am excitedly anticipating the experience. Second time around I am sitting in a lotus position and a single tap of my finger sends me into the air...Electrical stimulation in patients with paralysis and spinal cord injury
...nal electrical stimulation on patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) and muscle weakness. Also in this iss...ical stimulation (NMES) by individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) improves seating support. Changes in tissue health were monitored in eight individuals ...Scientists grow neurons using nanostructures
...ld lead to the reversal of paralysis due to spinal cord injury. "We have created new materials that becau...car that is often linked to paralysis after spinal cord injury," said Samuel I. Stupp, Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Che...Study: Muscles respond to getting on your feet after spinal cord injury
ANN ARBOR, Mich.---When someone's spinal cord is completely severed, brain signals can no longer...l Cord shows that those who have suffered a spinal cord injury can generate muscle activity independent of brain signals. Dan Ferris, now an assistant profe...Hormone released by bone marrow cells may hasten recovery from brain injury
... reduce the extent of damage from stroke or spinal cord injuries." Researchers at USF and other institutio... a potential candidate for treating stroke, spinal cord injury and other neurological damage. Although found in the brain, BNP belongs to a family of atrial...Cord blood cells proven to differentiate into heart muscle and brain cells
...ed for the first time that stem cells in umbilical cord blood can infiltrate damaged heart tissue and tran...existed for a decade, as Duke physicians have used cord blood to correct heart, brain and liver defects in children with rare metabolic diseases. But until ...Duke physicians predict risks of deadly infections after cord blood transplants
... die of viral infections after receiving umbilical cord blood transplants to cure their deadly cancers, im...ir findings in the laboratory toward strengthening cord blood's ability to wage an immune response. Doctors ultimately plan to infuse these bolstered immune...Antibiotic provides promise in treatment of spinal cord injuries
...nctional deficits associated with a partial spinal cord injury (SCI). Researchers in the field have known ...viduals in the United States currently have spinal cord injuries with more than 11,000 individuals each year impacted by a spinal cord injury. Ninety percen...Fat: It isnt always bad for the heart
... for medical purposes in bone marrow and umbilical cord blood. In addition to their stem cell-like properties, stromal cells in fat tissue make significant amounts of growth factors that enhance angiogenesis, the natural growth of blood vessels. Drs. Rehman, March and the IU team identified several gro...New technology facilitates adherence for patients
...icrochips placed under the skin or into the spinal cord or brain to deliver drugs ranging from pain medication to chemotherapy. The microchips are designed with wells that are loaded with drugs and covered with gold foil caps--the application of a one-volt electrical signal dissolves the caps and release...Reduced scarring helps nerves grow through spinal injuries
...lecules that block nerve regeneration after spinal cord injury, said Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) rese...suppress inflammation and scar formation in spinal cord injuries. "Scar tissue that develops at sites of injury stops the regeneration of connections in th...UCSF/Baylor team uses new method to measure bone loss in astronauts flying long mission
...elements of the vertebrae which protect the spinal cord and provide attachment points for the lower back muscles. The researchers speculate that this may be due to a new resistive exercise device that exercises lower back muscles, thus maintaining mechanical load on these structures. The CT measurements i...New findings on nerve cell proteins show promise for reducing disability
...tial treatment to minimize disability after spinal cord and other nervous system injuries, say neuroscient...h that occurs in the hours and days after a spinal cord or brain injury. During this period, cells surrounding the injury can become inflamed and die, a cas...UNC neuroscientist awarded renewal of federal grant that began in 1957
...l nervous system neurons in the part of the spinal cord called the substantia gelatinosa (gelatinous substance) and the relationship of those connections to the organization of messages that get transmitted up to the brain for interpretation. "At the cellular level the attempt is to define the connectivit...