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PubMed Articles
Enhancement of wound closure in diabetic mice by ex vivo expanded cord blood CD34(+) cells.
Diabetes can impair wound closure, which can give rise to major clinical problems. Most treatments for wound repair in diabetes remain ineffective. This study aimed to investigate the influence on wou...
Optimal functional recovery after stroke is the most important to improve quality of life. Contralateral hemisphere of infarction site plays an important role for the recovery. The underlying processe...
Neuroimmune activation contributes to the generation and maintenance of neuropathic pain after peripheral nerve injury. Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ) agonists have potenti...
The neuroprotective mechanism of puerarin treatment of acute spinal cord injury in rats.
Puerarin extracted from radix puraeriae is shown to exert a variety of pharmacological effects including neuroprotective properties. However, its mechanisms of action are needed to further explore. Th...
PURPOSE: Chronic musculoskeletal pain is often associated with psychological distress and maladaptive beliefs and these are sometimes reported to have a negative impact on surgical outcome. The influe...
BACKGROUND: Intramedullary spinal cord tumors (IMSCT) are rare lesions, ependymomas and astrocytomas being the most common ones. Different studies have been published showing results of different trea...
Risk factors for development of myelopathy in patients with cervical spondylotic cord compression.
PURPOSE: To clarify risk factors for the development of myelopathy in patients with cervical spondylotic cord compression. METHOD: The authors reviewed articles in which risk factors for the developme...
Assessing the evolution of publications by Brazilian spine surgeons in the last decade.
PURPOSE: To evaluate the scientific contribution of Brazilian Spine Surgeons not only in number of publications but also in their quality between January 2000 to December 2011. METHODS: A literature s...
BACKGROUND: The aim of the current study was to evaluate the diagnostic and intermediate-term prognostic impact of C-terminal portion of provasopressin (copeptin) in combination with troponin I. METHO...
Erythropoietin (EPO) was hypothesized to mitigate reperfusion injury, in part via mobilization of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs). The REVEAL trial found no reduction in infarct size with a single...
News Articles
joimax® Presents EndoLIF® as a World Premiere at the Annual Meeting of DGNC
KARLSRUHE, Germany, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- It has become a good tradition - but this time it will include a world premiere: As in previous years, joimax® will present a lunch symposium dur...
Research findings may offer new hope to stroke victims
A study by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital found "substantial evidence" that a regenerative process involving damaged nerve fibers in the spinal cord could hold the key to better functional recover...
Bochum's medics use autologous cord blood to treat infantile cerebral palsy
Bochum's medics have succeeded in treating cerebral palsy with autologous cord blood. Following a cardiac arrest with severe brain damage, a 2.5 year old boy had been in a persistent vegetative state...
Dividend Growth Gem Medtronic Is A Cash Cow
By Valuentum: Dividend Growth Newsletter holding Medtronic (MDT) reported wonderful fourth quarter results. Revenue grew 4% on a reported basis (5% ex-currency) to $4.5 billion, easily exceeding conse...
Discovery could aid research into motor neuron disease
Scientists have found that a key hormone allows young zebrafish to develop and replace their motor neurons - a kind of nerve cell found in the spinal cord.
Data shows frequent heartburn associated with cancers of the throat, vocal cord
Frequent heartburn was positively associated with cancers of the throat and vocal cord among nonsmokers and nondrinkers, and the use of antacids, but not prescription medications, had a protective eff...
Frequent Heartburn Increases Risk Of Throat Cancer By 78%
Frequent heartburn increases the risk of cancers of the throat and vocal cord among nondrinkers and nonsmokers, according to a new study. The research, published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & P...
Lakes Surgery Center, an ambulatory surgery center in West Bloomfield, Mich., offers state-of-the-art technology for back surgery with Mazor Robotics Renaissance in an outpatient setting for a quick r...
BROWNSBURG, Ind., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) and StemCyte, Inc., a global leader in human cord blood stem cell banking and therapeutics, announced today tha...
Life Spine® Announces Continuing Offshore and International Growth
Life Spine, a medical device company that markets products for the surgical treatment of spinal disorders, announced today the company is rapidly expanding its footprint outside o...
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Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. was established in March 1995 to develop therapeutic products for spinal cord injury ("SCI") and other central nervous system disorders. Acorda is focusing its initial develo...
Blue Belt Technologies, Inc. has developed the next generation of âsmartâ surgical instruments with precision robotics for use initially in orthopedic procedures and the...
Mediware Information Systems, Inc.
Mediware delivers software systems that improve efficiencies and address safety concerns, enabling healthcare organizations to improve care processes while decreasing costs. Core...
Life Spine is dedicated to improving the quality of life for spinal patients by increasing procedural efficiency and efficacy through innovative design, uncompromising quality sta...
AmStem Inc. is a corporation registered in the State of Nevada with offices in San Francisco, California and Seoul, Korea. The company is a world leader in the area of stem cell r...
Zynex, Inc. (founded in 1996) engineers, manufactures, markets and sells its own design of electrotherapy medical devices in two distinct markets: standard digital electrotherapy...
DecImmune Therapeutics was founded by Michael Carroll PhD (The Immune Disease Institute, Harvard Medical School), and Francis Moore Jr. MD (Brigham and Womenâs Hospital, Harv...
STALIF MIDLINE⢠is the latest in a series of anterior fusion devices developed, marketed and sold by Centinel Spine, Inc. Founded in 2008, Centinel Spine, Inc. is an innovati...
InVivo Therapeutics Holding Corporation
InVivo Therapeutics Holding Corporation is a Cambridge, MA medical device company focused on utilizing polymers as a platform technology to develop treatments to improve function...
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Clinical Trials
Neuropathic Pain Study With Botulinum Toxin A in Spinal Cord Injury Patients
The purpose of this study is to determine whether botulinum toxin A is effective in the treatment of neuropathic pain in spinal cord injury patients.
Direct Stimulation Of Spinal Nerve Roots To Determine Sensory And Motor Innervation Patterns
The purpose of this study is to collect data while monitoring muscles and nerves during spine surgery. The data being collected and analyzed will be used to learn more about how the body's...
This study will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of treating patients with severe aplastic anemia (SAA) or myelopdysplastic syndrome (MDS) with both peripheral blood stem cells from a...
A 2 by 2 factorial, multicenter, prospective, randomized, open-label, blinded endpoint trial. Patients undergoing primary PCI for STEMI will be eligible. Enrolled patients will be randomly...
The purpose of this study is to assess the pain reduction rate after 8 weeks treatment of NORSPAN® from baseline. And secondary purpose are: pain reduction rate after 4 weeks treatment f...
The objective is to obtain initial information regarding the safety and efficacy of the use of Filgrastim in the setting of acute myocardial infarction. The secondary objectives are to ob...
SHORTness of Breath In the Emergency Department (SHORTIE)
SHORTIE is a two-phase study to determine the impact of the Triage Profiler S.O.B. (Shortness Of Breath) Panel on patient management, outcome, and cost.
Spinal Cord Stimulation for Low Back Pain
The purpose of this study is to assess the acute and chronic effectiveness of the Advanced Bionics Precision(TM) Spinal Cord Stimulation System in subjects with failed back surgery syndrom...
Exercise Testing During Treadmill Gait in Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury
Treadmill therapy has the potential to improve the physical fitness and voluntary function of incomplete-lesion spinal cord injured (SCI) patients. However, if it is to be offered as a re...
Paraplegic Cycling: Improving Health After Spinal Cord Injury
Surface electrical stimulation has for many years been widely used to retrain paralysed muscle and achieve the functions of standing and stepping. Recently a number of centres have used el...
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Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
Transplantation of STEM CELLS collected from the fetal blood remaining in the UMBILICAL CORD and the PLACENTA after delivery. Included are the HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS.
Nerve Fibers, Unmyelinated
A class of nerve fibers as defined by their structure, specifically the nerve sheath arrangement. The AXONS of the unmyelinated nerve fibers are small. The axons to SCHWANN CELLS ratio is greater in the unmyelinated nerve fibers than that in the myelinated fiber (NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED) which is 1:1. Usually several axons are surrounded by a single Schwann cell in the unmyelinated nerve fibers. Therefore, each unmyelinated fiber is not completely covered by the MYELIN SHEATH formed by the Schwann cell. Unmyelinated nerve fibers conduct impulses at low velocities. They represent the majority of peripheral sensory and autonomic fibers. They are also found in the spinal cord and brain.
Cadasil
A familial, cerebral arteriopathy mapped to chromosome 19q12, and characterized by the presence of granular deposits in small CEREBRAL ARTERIES producing ischemic STROKE; PSEUDOBULBAR PALSY; and multiple subcortical infarcts (CEREBRAL INFARCTION). CADASIL is an acronym for Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy. CADASIL differs from BINSWANGER DISEASE by the presence of MIGRAINE WITH AURA and usually by the lack of history of arterial HYPERTENSION. (From Bradley et al, Neurology in Clinical Practice, 2000, p1146)
Hematoma, Subdural, Spinal
Subdural hematoma of the SPINAL CANAL.
Hematoma, Epidural, Spinal
A rare epidural hematoma in the spinal epidural space, usually due to a vascular malformation (CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS) or TRAUMA. Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma is a neurologic emergency due to a rapidly evolving compressive MYELOPATHY.
