Advances in biology and technology for spinal cord repair

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Electrical and Magnetic stimulation to improve functional recovery after SCI.

Innovative dynamic electrical stimulation facilitates spinal network activity and cortico-spinal connectivity

Giuliano Taccola (International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy)

Engineering human spinal cord repair: A translational approach in pigs.

Jorge E Collazos-Castro (Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, Toledo, Spain).

Spinal cord injury: can we repair spinal cord non-invasively by using magnetic stimulation?

Nicolas Guérout (Rouen University, France):

Motor, Sensory, and Autonomic Function in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury After the LION Procedure

Marc Possover (International Medical Center, Zurich)

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Demystify and treat spasticity after SCI.

Non-invasive spinal cord stimulation in neurorehabilitation

Ursula Hofstötter (Medical University of Vienna, Austria).

Calpain as a gene therapy target to reduce motoneuronal hyperexcitability and spasticity after spinal cord injury

Nejada Dingu (Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, France

Early delivery and prolonged treatment with nimodipine prevents spasticity after spinal cord injury in mice

Carmelo Bellardita (University of Copenhagen, Danemark)

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Exercise and Enriched environment benefits.

the axonal regenerative ability of dorsal root ganglia sensory neurons after spinal cord injury

Simone Di Giovanni (Imperial College of London, England)

Presynaptic inhibition is modulated in an activity-dependent manner after spinal cord injury

Guillaume Caron (Paris-Descartes University, France)

Demonstration by the Wandercraft society of their walking robotic exoskeleton

Demonstration of an orthosis prototype to measure spasticity

Frédéric BROCARD (Aix Marseille University, INT)

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