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SUMMARY:Neuroplasticity following spinal cord injury in rats
DTSTART:20120912T180000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Karim Fouad\, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine\, Uni
 versity of Alberta (CA)\nProf Fouad will present the latest results of his
  laboratory\, which goal is to promote functional recovery following spin
 al cord injury.\n\nFunctional recovery following injuries of the central n
 ervous system (CNS) is limited because severed axons are unable to regrow.
  This inability to regenerate is caused by various factors including growt
 h inhibitory factors in the central nervous system and intracellular prope
 rties of injured neurons. Nevertheless\, moderate recovery following brain
  or spinal cord injuries occurs. The underlying mechanisms for this recove
 ry lies in the ability of spared and injured CNS circuitries to rearrange\
 , generally termed as plasticity. To promote functional recovery following
  spinal cord injury we are currently focusing on the following two main st
 rategies:\na) trying to understand injury induced plasticity and attemptin
 g to enhance this naturally occurring repair mechanism. b) Promoting regen
 eration of lesioned axons by addressing various regeneration restricting f
 actors in combined treatments.
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
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