Thursday, November 15, 2007

Brain compensatory mechanisms enhance the recovery from spinal cord injury

Source: National Institute for Physiological Sciences
Date: November 15, 2007

Summary:

A research team led by Tadashi Isa, a professor at the Japanese National Institute for Physiological Sciences, NIPS (SEIRIKEN), and Dr. Yukio Nishimura (University of Washington, Seattle), have found that brain compensatory mechanisms contribute to recovery from spinal cord injury. This study was conducted in collaboration with Hamamatsu Photonics (Dr. Hideo Tsukada) and RIKEN (Dr. Hirotaka Onoe).