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Improving Translation of Animal Models for Nervous System Disorders: A Workshop

Animal models have significantly increased our understanding of nervous system disorders. Yet, in spite of these advances, there still remains a large gap in treatment options that are high in ...
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Peptide Promotes Nervous System Repair in Stroke Animal Models

Agnes (Yu) Luo, PhD. [University of Cincinnati] After a stroke, extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules known as chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) become barriers to axonal plasticity and ...

Scientists may have found a way to repair nerve damage in multiple sclerosis, with the approach targeting regeneration instead of only slowing attacks

Scientists are testing two new molecules that may repair myelin in MS, shifting the focus from slowing attacks to true nerve ...
The Michigan Daily

UMich researchers develop first stem cell model that resembles early human nervous system

A team of scientists at the University of Michigan, Weizmann Institute of Science and the University of Pennsylvania recently developed the first full model of the early embryonic central nervous ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Improving Translation of Animal Models for Nervous System Disorders: A Workshop

Animal models have significantly increased our understanding of nervous system disorders. Yet, in spite of these advances, there still remains a large gap in treatment options that are high in ...