The Proteoglycan-Degrading Enzymes Promote Functional Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury: Keratan Sulfate and Chondroitin Sulfate

Mar 11, 2017 by in NEUROSURGERY Comments Off on The Proteoglycan-Degrading Enzymes Promote Functional Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury: Keratan Sulfate and Chondroitin Sulfate

Fig. 15.1 KS and CS expression after spinal cord injury. (a) Expression profile of 5D4-reactive KS in wild-type mice after spinal cord injury. Scale bar, 100 μm. (b–d) KS was…

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Applications and Limitations of pNF-H, a Novel Biomarker for Spinal Cord Injury: Strategy for the Evaluation of Therapeutic Outcomes

Mar 11, 2017 by in NEUROSURGERY Comments Off on Applications and Limitations of pNF-H, a Novel Biomarker for Spinal Cord Injury: Strategy for the Evaluation of Therapeutic Outcomes

Fig. 26.1 The structure of high molecular weight neurofilament. NF-H is the longest form of neurofilament, having 150 kd as its molecular weight. Near its C-terminus NF-H contains more than…

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Spinal Synaptic Plasticity in Chronic Pain

Mar 11, 2017 by in NEUROSURGERY Comments Off on Spinal Synaptic Plasticity in Chronic Pain

Fig. 31.1 Excitatory synaptic transmission in the dorsal horn. When an impulse is transmitted to central terminals of afferent fibers, excitatory neurotransmitters are released. Glutamate and substance P act at…

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Evaluation of Pain with Functional Neuroimaging

Mar 11, 2017 by in NEUROSURGERY Comments Off on Evaluation of Pain with Functional Neuroimaging

  Target Spatial resolution (mm) Temporal resolution (S) EEG/MEG Neuronal current 10 0.001 fMRI Regional changes in blood flow 4–5 1–10 PET Oxygen consumption, glucose metabolism etc. 5–10 30–1,000 SPECT…

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