Author: Jared Cregg, Neurosciences graduate student at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio is first author on the study. His advisor, Jerry Silver, PhD, Professor of ...

Cervical spinal cord injuries (CSCI) present a formidable clinical challenge, often disrupting the neural pathways that govern respiratory function. This disruption can lead to diaphragmatic weakness ...

A high cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) is an injury in the upper neck between the first and fourth cervical vertebrae (C1 to C4). SCIs can damage the phrenic nerve that controls the diaphragm (the ...

Proteoglycans in the net limit functional regeneration and plasticity after spinal cord injury. The chondroitinase enzyme removes the net and allows for regeneration and functional recovery, ...

This procedure can be used for ventilator-dependent high cervical spinal cord injury, because it has benefits, such as helping people to have some ventilator-free time and there are no serious ...