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The spinal cord has new insights into injuries
Researchers have shown that post-spinal cord injury (SCI) there is a high increase in activity of the Vsx2-expressing neurons in uninjured spinal cord. This is due to increased upregulation of the circuit reorganization module in the uninjured spinal cord. Basal and induced expression of this module is maximally correlated with the temporal window of opportunity…
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I hope the turn of events marks a turning point in the story of football tragedies.
Kevin Carter, a college football player who died of a spinal cord injury in 2004, said he “didn’t have to play that day”. “I told my wife…it was after she saw a tragic scene at a game in which I was playing,” he said. Carter collided with teammate Kerry Carter while trying to get away…