New Scientist article on spinal cord repair - Page 2

Triple Z · 10-26-2012, 04:03 PM

Forget my last post. I didn't realize it said that in the first article.

Peders · 10-27-2012, 11:03 AM

Very exciting! Electrodes are already approved, so maybe this type of treatment would be available faster? So glad that research continues. I myself find it hard to keep checking on it with so few encouraging results.

Adrian · 10-27-2012, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomsonite

Was this from a journal or just a news magazine? I wonder if there has been anything published about this in peer-reviewed sources.

There is also a link from the New Scientist article to an article in The Lancet, which is a prestigous medical journal. The Lancet article summarises its interpretation of results as:

Quote:

Task-specific training with epidural stimulation might reactivate previously silent spared neural circuits or promote plasticity. These interventions could be a viable clinical approach for functional recovery after severe paralysis.

shotglass5050 · 10-27-2012, 01:46 PM

Read article last night. Went to sleep a little happy. Woke up a little happier. Return for another read. Still feeling hopeful. But to early for real emotions.

wesmaister · 10-27-2012, 07:02 PM

i want it ! implant me now

Curt Leatherbee · 10-27-2012, 11:46 PM

It all sounds a little too simple and more than likely too dependent on whether or not the person really is a incomplete injury and just does not know it.

I know I can't imagine anything like this working on me after 32 years of complete paraplegia, I'd bet the farm on it that nothing would happen.

Leo · 10-28-2012, 12:04 PM

would be great if we could hear from a participant

i searched for andrew online and had no luck with contact if

in one part of the article they mentioned neck injury, i wonder if they mean c level

10-27-2012, 11:03 AM	#12
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10-27-2012, 11:46 PM	#16
Curt Leatherbee Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 9,338	It all sounds a little too simple and more than likely too dependent on whether or not the person really is a incomplete injury and just does not know it. I know I can't imagine anything like this working on me after 32 years of complete paraplegia, I'd bet the farm on it that nothing would happen. __________________ "Life is about how you respond to not only the challenges you're dealt but the challenges you seek...If you have no goals, no mountains to climb, your soul dies".~Liz Fordred

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10-26-2012, 04:03 PM	#11
Triple Z Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: NYC Posts: 26	Forget my last post. I didn't realize it said that in the first article.

10-27-2012, 01:46 PM	#14
shotglass5050 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 10	Read article last night. Went to sleep a little happy. Woke up a little happier. Return for another read. Still feeling hopeful. But to early for real emotions.

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wesmaister Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Chicago,IL Posts: 84	i want it ! implant me now