That’s because the Schwann cells responsible for regeneration stop providing support after about three months. If the restoration of nerve function, called reinnervation, hasn’t happened in that time, ...

Axon regeneration and central nervous system repair represent critical frontiers in neuroscience research, offering promise for restoring communication and function after injury. Following trauma, ...

Damages to the central nervous system (CNS), for example in the case of spinal cord injury, can result in permanent loss of sensory and motor function. It is because the severed axons are unable to ...

Each year, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), millions of people in the U.S. are affected by spinal cord ...

Older Americans are increasingly active, and this lifestyle shift has contributed to the rise in average age of a person experiencing a spinal cord injury. The changing demographic calls for a better ...

The central nervous system (CNS) in adult mammals has limited regeneration capacity, and traumatic injuries to the CNS usually lead to permanent functional impairment.

A foray into plant biology led one researcher to discover that a natural molecule can repair axons, the thread-like projections that carry electrical signals between cells. Axonal damage is the major ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Scientists have been working for more than a decade on methods to treat ...

Figure 1: Prof. LIU Kai (first right, front row) from the Division of Life Science and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and his research team, alongside with Prof. WANG Yiwen (first ...

Lipin-1 decline promotes axonal regeneration after spinal cord injury Oct. 9, 2024 ...