Browse the latest research summaries in the field of pharmacology for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Pharmaceutics, 2023 • January 25, 2023
This review provides an overview of polysaccharide-based drug delivery systems (DDSs) for treating nervous tissue injuries, specifically spinal cord injury (SCI) and peripheral nerve injury (PNI). The...
KEY FINDING: Polysaccharide-based DDSs, especially those using chitosan, alginate, and agarose, show promise in treating SCI by promoting axonal regeneration and reducing inflammation.
ACS Omega, 2024 • May 23, 2024
This study introduces AttFPGNN-MAML, a novel architecture for few-shot molecular property prediction that addresses the low data problem by incorporating a hybrid feature representation and leveraging...
KEY FINDING: The AttFPGNN-MAML method outperformed other methods on three out of four tasks in the MoleculeNet dataset, demonstrating superior performance in few-shot learning settings.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2015 • January 1, 2015
The study investigated a combination therapy involving NRP/GRP cell transplantation, passive cycling, and chronic quipazine administration to promote recovery from complete spinal cord injury (SCI) in...
KEY FINDING: Rats receiving the combination therapy displayed an increased response to quipazine, achieving a BBB score of ≥9 starting at 8 weeks post-injury, which persisted through 12 weeks.
Osteoporos Int, 2016 • December 1, 2016
This study prospectively assessed factors associated with change in bone density over a mean of 21 months in 152 men and women with chronic SCI. We found no association between bone loss and tradition...
KEY FINDING: Wheelchair users experienced bone loss compared to those who could walk.
Neurotherapeutics, 2018 • August 6, 2018
This editorial provides an overview of current research in spinal cord injury (SCI) therapeutics, highlighting the challenges in developing effective treatments for SCI. It presents a collection of pa...
KEY FINDING: The review papers assembled match the temporo-spatial progression of SCI, from acute considerations at the site of injury, to subacute processes at and beyond the injury, to chronic changes away from the site of injury.
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2011 • January 1, 2011
The study investigates the current clinical practice in treating urinary tract infections (UTIs) in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) in German-speaking SCI centers and compares it with current gu...
KEY FINDING: Substantial differences exist among SCI centers in the indications for UTI treatment, medications used, and treatment duration, often deviating from existing guidelines.
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022 • December 5, 2022
The study analyzed polymorphisms in drug resistance-related genes of P. ovale spp. in samples from travelers returning to China from Africa. High frequencies of S58R and S113N/T mutations were observe...
KEY FINDING: Two podhfr mutations, S58R and S113N/T, were detected in P. ovale curtisi with high/moderate frequencies.
JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA, 2015 • November 1, 2015
This study aimed to determine if methylprednisolone improves motor recovery in acute TSCI patients, considering neurological level and injury severity. The results indicated that methylprednisolone di...
KEY FINDING: NASCIS-II methylprednisolone did not improve motor score recovery in RHSCIR patients with acute TSCIs in either the cervical or thoracic spine when the influence of anatomical level and severity of injury were included in the analysis.
Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 2008 • January 1, 2008
The Rho-ROCK pathway is involved in many aspects of neuronal functions including neurite outgrowth and retraction. The effects of these inhibitors are reversed by blockade of the Rho-ROCK pathway in v...
KEY FINDING: Inhibition of the Rho-ROCK pathway reverses the effects of myelin-associated inhibitors, promoting axonal regeneration and functional recovery in the injured CNS in vivo.
EXPERIMENTAL AND THERAPEUTIC MEDICINE, 2011 • June 6, 2011
The study investigated the neuroprotective effects of erythropoietin (EPO) on spinal cord injury (SCI) in rats, focusing on the role of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-B. Results showed that EPO...
KEY FINDING: EPO treatment resulted in a more rapid recovery in SCI rats, as evidenced by higher BBB scores.