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SUMMARY:Neuroplasticity following spinal cord injury in rats
DTSTART:20120912T180000
DTSTAMP:20260427T210347Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Karim Fouad\, University of Alberta (CA)\nFunctional rec
 overy following injuries of the central nervous system (CNS) is limited be
 cause severed axons are unable to regrow. This inability to regenerate is 
 caused by various factors including growth inhibitory factors in the centr
 al nervous system and intracellular properties of injured neurons. Neverth
 eless\, moderate recovery following brain or spinal cord injuries occurs. 
 The underlying mechanisms for this recovery 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 curren
 tly focusing on the following two main strategies: a) trying to understand
  injury induced plasticity and attempting to enhance this naturally occurr
 ing repair mechanism. b) Promoting regeneration of lesioned axons by addre
 ssing various regeneration restricting factors in combined treatments.
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
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