Seminar Date: September 6, 2006
Presented by: Kenneth E. Miller
Following injury, the spinal cord undergoes a period of acute shock followed by a series of chronic alterations in response to the insult. Our laboratory is evaluating these alterations in a rodent model of spinal injury with and without methylprednisolone treatment.
We have three interests:
- What is the biochemical make-up of the glial scar at the injury site?
- What happens to the intimate glutamine/glutamate relationship between astrocytes and neurons?
- Does injury cause the appearance of stem cells or immature cells in the spinal cord?
The goals of this seminar:
- Provide overview of current status of spinal injury and treatment
- Describe research from laboratory about spinal injury and treatment
- Discuss future of treatment for spinal cord injury
