Regenerating spinal cord fibers may be treatment for stroke-related disabilities

Don't expect any followup from any stroke association, that would involve real work.
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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 recovery by most stroke victims.

The findings may offer new hope to those who suffer stroke, the leading cause of long-term disability in adults. Although most stroke victims recover some ability to voluntarily use their hands and other body parts, about half are left with weakness on one side of their bodies, while a substantial number are permanently disabled. The study is published in the current issue of Stroke and is available online. Discovering a treatment to improve or restore this lost motor function in stroke patients is a holy grail for neurologists, because none exists, primarily due to unsolved mysteries about how the brain and nerves repair themselves. The new Henry Ford research was intended to solve some of those mysteries. It focused on changes in axons – the fibers, the nerve signal "transmission" lines within the spinal cord that affect voluntary movement after stroke.

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 The findings may offer new hope to those who suffer stroke, the leading cause of long-term disability in adults. Although most stroke victims recover some ability to voluntarily use their hands and other body parts, about half are left with weakness on one side of their bodies, while a substantial number are permanently disabled. The study is published in the current issue of Stroke and is available online. Discovering a treatment to improve or restore this lost motor function in stroke patients is a holy grail for neurologists, because none exists, primarily due to unsolved mysteries about how the brain and nerves repair themselves. The new Henry Ford research was intended to solve some of those mysteries. It focused on changes in axons – the fibers, the nerve signal "transmission" lines within the spinal cord that affect voluntary movement after stroke.
More at link or look up the study in Stroke magazine.

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 recovery by most stroke victims.

Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-regenerating-spinal-cord-fibers-treatment.html#jCp

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 recovery by most stroke victims.

Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-regenerating-spinal-cord-fibers-treatment.html#jCp