Spinal Disorders
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Evaluation of Respiratory Muscle Activation Using Respiratory Motor Control Assessment (RMCA) in Individuals with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury
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2013
The purpose of this publication is to present our original work on a multi-muscle surface electromyographic approach to quantitatively characterize respiratory muscle activation patterns in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury using vector-based analysis.
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Acute and Chronic Tactile Sensory Testing after Spinal Cord Injury in Rats
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2012
We describe two tactile sensory testing methods for acute or chronic periods of spinal cord injury in rats. These validated procedures can detect the development and maintenance of allodynia-like sensations.
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Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
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2020
Intrinsically disordered proteins are a group of proteins that do not fold into specific three-dimensional structures. Their structural flexibility allows them to complement ordered proteins to perform functions that are inaccessible to rigid structures. They are more common in eukaryotes than prokaryotes and may either be exclusively intrinsically disordered or hybrid proteins, consisting of a mix of ordered and disordered regions. The absence of a rigid structure in these proteins can be...
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Retrograde Loading of Nerves, Tracts, and Spinal Roots with Fluorescent Dyes
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Cited by 5 •
2012
We describe a simple and low cost technique for introducing high concentration of fluorescent and calcium-sensitive dyes into neurons or any neuronal tract using a polyethylene suction pipette.
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Spinal Cord Electrophysiology
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Cited by 5 •
2010
A demonstration of the isolation of neonatal mouse spinal cord for electrophysiologic studies.
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Compression can disrupt neural communication when spinal nerves or the spinal cord are affected. Because these structures carry information involved in sensation and movement, altered signaling may contribute to impaired mobility or sensation. This mechanism links a structural change in the vertebral column or surrounding tissues to functional consequences that researchers investigate in spinal biology and medicine.
The biological origin helps explain how function becomes disturbed. Developmental abnormalities may alter formation, whereas degeneration can affect intervertebral discs or joints; injury, inflammation, and infection represent other pathways. Although these causes differ, each can change spinal structure or surrounding tissues and may contribute to nerve or cord compression, making cause important for research and clinical assessment.
Spinal function depends on coordination among skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems. The vertebral column provides a structural context for tissues associated with movement, while neural pathways support communication linked to sensation and mobility. Studying spinal disorders therefore reveals how changes in one region can disturb interactions among these systems and impair overall function.
The affected structure helps determine the biological consequence. Changes involving intervertebral discs or joints may alter the surrounding spinal environment, while involvement of spinal nerves or the spinal cord can disrupt neural communication. Researchers compare these structural relationships to connect tissue changes with changes in sensation, movement, or mobility.
Diagnostic imaging supports evaluation of structural changes associated with spinal disorders. By helping researchers and clinicians examine the vertebral column and surrounding tissues, imaging contributes to identifying abnormalities that may affect spinal nerves, the spinal cord, or movement. Its findings can guide investigation of disease mechanisms and inform decisions about rehabilitation or surgery.
Rehabilitation strategies and surgical interventions are studied as ways to respond to disrupted spinal function. Rehabilitation connects treatment with mobility and functional recovery, while surgery can address structural problems affecting the spine or surrounding tissues. Their development depends on understanding how tissue changes influence neural communication, sensation, and movement.
Spinal disorders provide a biological context for examining how skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems operate together. Research can connect developmental abnormalities, degeneration, injury, inflammation, infection, or compression with changes in signaling and mobility. This knowledge supports improved diagnostic imaging, rehabilitation strategies, surgical interventions, and treatments designed to protect or restore spinal function.