Browse the latest research summaries in the field of women's health for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Neural Plasticity, 2014 • May 4, 2014
The peripartum period is characterized by significant physiological and behavioral adaptations in the maternal body, driven by alterations in neural plasticity. The maternal brain undergoes structural...
KEY FINDING: Peripartum-associated changes in neural plasticity include adult neurogenesis, synaptic plasticity, and dendritic remodeling in various brain regions, essential for fetal development and maternal health.
Molecular Therapy: Methods & Clinical Development, 2024 • June 1, 2024
This study investigated the safety and efficacy of prenatal AAV9-GFP administration in fetal lambs for potential treatment of neuromuscular disorders. The results showed broad biodistribution and tran...
KEY FINDING: Umbilical vein injection of AAV9-GFP resulted in widespread biodistribution in lamb tissues and maternal uteruses.
J Spinal Cord Med, 2009 • June 1, 2009
This report summarizes the findings of a National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Measures Meeting, which aimed to determine the utility of various...
KEY FINDING: The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) is considered an appropriate measure to assess female sexual responses after SCI.
Cell Reports Medicine, 2024 • May 21, 2024
The study analyzes the transcriptome and DNA methylome of fetal germline cells following maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection, finding that infection at early gestational age trivially affects fetal germ cel...
KEY FINDING: Maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection has trivial impacts on fetal germ cell (FGC) development during early gestation, a critical period for germ cell specification and epigenetic reprogramming.
Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, 2017 • January 1, 2017
The article addresses the critical need for sexual and fertility rehabilitation for individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI), emphasizing its importance to their quality of life. It highlights that h...
KEY FINDING: The Sexual Rehabilitation Framework (SRF) facilitates the examination of medical and psychosocial factors affecting sexual and reproductive function in individuals with SCI.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 2010 • April 1, 2010
This prospective cohort study examined menopause transition characteristics and symptom bother in women with and without spinal cord injury (SCI). Results suggested that women with SCI experience grea...
KEY FINDING: Women with SCI reported greater bother from somatic symptoms (like pain and bladder infections) and diminished sexual arousal compared to women without SCI.
Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2020 • December 20, 2019
This study investigates the role of platelet-derived factors on placental βhCG synthesis. It demonstrates that maternal platelets can be detected at the early maternal-fetal interface and that platele...
KEY FINDING: Maternal platelets can be detected on the surface of placental villi and in intercellular gaps of trophoblast cell columns from gestational week 5 onwards.
Journal of International Medical Research, 2019 • July 1, 2019
This case report presents a 35-year-old woman with a spinal cord injury (SCI) who developed autonomic dysreflexia (AD) during pregnancy, which resolved after delivery. The patient, with a T4 AIS-A SCI...
KEY FINDING: The patient developed new onset autonomic dysreflexia (AD) during pregnancy, characterized by increased need to empty her bladder, facial flushing, palpitation, sweating, and headache.
Stem Cell Research & Therapy, 2024 • February 7, 2024
This study explored the heterogeneity of human UC-MSCs and identified the LRP1high subpopulation as capable of improving ovarian function in aged and POF mice. The LRP1high subpopulation improves ov...
KEY FINDING: Human UC-MSCs can be divided into three subtypes: mesenchymal stem cells, multilymphoid progenitor cells, and trophoblasts.
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil, 2017 • January 1, 2017
Sexual pleasure, orgasm, and pregnancy are possible for women with SCI, but primary, secondary, and tertiary impacts of SCI may affect sexual adjustment and should be addressed during rehabilitation. ...
KEY FINDING: Women with SCI can experience sexual pleasure and orgasm through psychogenic or reflexogenic stimulation, with different neurological pathways mediating these responses.