Spinal cord trauma : neural repair and functional recovery /

• Other Authors: McKerracher, L. (Lisa) (Editor), Doucet, G. (Guy) (Editor), Rossignol, Serge, 1942- (Editor), Reeve, Christopher, 1952-2004 (writer of foreword.)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2002.
• Series: Progress in brain research ; v. 137.
• Subjects: Spinal cord > Wounds and injuries > Congresses.; Spinal cord > Wounds and injuries > Treatment > Congresses.; Spinal cord > Regeneration > Congresses.; Spinal Cord Injuries.; Nerve Regeneration.; Moelle épinière > Régénération > Congrès.; Moelle épinière > Lésions et blessures > Congrès.; Spinal cord > Wounds and injuries > Treatment; Spinal cord > Regeneration.; Spinal cord > Wounds and injuries.; Ruggenmerg.; Trauma's (geneeskunde); Congresses.; Electronic books.; Conference papers and proceedings.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 470 pages) : illustrations (some color).
• Format: Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 0444508171; 9780444508171
• ISSN: 0079-6123 ;

This book covers, in a broad perspective, research on spinal cord injury, beginning with human spinal cord injury to experimental studies in animals, to molecular mechanisms of injury and regeneration. Every year 12,000 will suffer spinal cord injury leading to permanent disability. In the last five years enormous progress has been made in the understanding of spinal cord injury, and in ways to elicit repair in animal models of spinal cord injury. The scope includes animal models of spinal cord injury, strategies for neuroprotection and regeneration, and possible roles of axon guidance molecules in injury and regeneration. Topical reviews are presented as well as new data on timely issues in spinal cord injury research.