Pathophysiology of Spinal Cord Injuries and the Basis for Therapy

Jack Kushner
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Jack Kushner: George Washington University, USA

Current Trends in Biomedical Engineering & Biosciences, 2018, vol. 12, issue 2, 52-55

Abstract: In order to understand just what happens when a patient experiences a spinal cord injury, one has to comprehend the injury pathophysiology. Then efforts can be made to interrupt the pathological processes in the neural, vascular and immune systems in order to stop the natural progression of events. If a patient has a transected or severely compressed and contused spinal cord secondary to an injury, the natural progression of events will lead to the loss of reflexes, the loss of sensation, and the paralysis of the affected limbs. So now we will proceed to discuss some of the cellular and molecular events after a spinal cord injury occurs, some of which are pathological and some are protective.

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Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.19080/CTBEB.2018.12.555835

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