A NEONATAL MOUSE SPINAL CORD INJURY MODEL FOR ASSESSING POST-INJURY ADAPTIVE PLASTICITY AND HUMAN STEM CELL INTEGRATION.

A neonatal mouse spinal cord injury model for assessing post-injury adaptive plasticity and human stem cell integration.

Despite limited regeneration capacity, partial injuries to the adult mammalian spinal cord can elicit variable degrees of functional recovery, mediated at least in part by reorganization of neuronal circuitry.Underlying mechanisms are believed to include synaptic plasticity and collateral sprouting of spared axons.Because plasticity is higher in yo

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Effects of photon irradiation in the presence and absence of hindlimb unloading on the behavioral performance and metabolic pathways in the plasma of Fischer rats

Introduction: The space environment astronauts experience during space missions consists of multiple environmental challenges, including microgravity.In this study, we assessed the behavioral and cognitive performances of male Fisher rats 2 months after sham irradiation or total body irradiation with photons in the absence or presence of simulated

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Critical View on the Importance of Host Defense Strategies on Virus Distribution of Bee Viruses: What Can We Learn from SARS-CoV-2 Variants?

Bees, both wild and domesticated ones, are hosts to a plethora of viruses, with most of them infecting a wide range of bee species and genera.Although viral discovery and research on bee viruses date back over 50 years, the last decade is marked by a surge of new studies, new virus discoveries, and reports on viral transmission in and between bee s

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