Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating condition that affects approximately 11,000 patients
each year in the United States. Although a significant amount of research has been …

A multicenter double-blind randomized trial was conducted to examine the efficacy of a high
dose of methylprednisolone (1,000-mg bolus and daily thereafter for ten days) compared …

We investigated a pattern of involuntary lower extremity stepping-like movements which
recently appeared in a subject with a 17-year history of neurologically incomplete injury to the …

✓ A multi-center double-blind randomized clinical trial was conducted by the National Acute
Spinal Cord Injury Study Group to examine the efficacy of high-dose methylprednisolone (…

Numerous methods have been pursued to evaluate function in central motor pathways
during surgery in the anesthetized patient. At this time, no standard has emerged, possibly …

The rationale for implantation of autologous human Schwann cells (SCs) in persons with
subacute spinal cord injury (SCI) is based on evidence that transplanted SCs are …

Background: Sacral chordoma is a rare, low to intermediate-grade tumor that poses
substantial challenges in terms of timely diagnosis and adequate treatment. Few studies have …

BACKGROUND: Idiopathic arachnoid cysts are rare lesions not associated with trauma or
other inflammatory insults. To date, there have been few large series describing the …

BACKGROUND Although a number of neuroprotective strategies have been tested after
spinal cord injury (SCI), no treatments have been established as a standard of care. …

We have developed in the rat a minimally invasive model of reproducible spinal cord injury
initiated photochemically. With the exposed spinal column intact, 560 nm irradiation of the …