{"id":141910,"date":"2024-09-25T18:16:18","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T18:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/25\/a-study-in-mice-hints-at-a-new-way-to-treat-spinal-cord-injuries\/"},"modified":"2024-09-25T18:16:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T18:16:18","slug":"a-study-in-mice-hints-at-a-new-way-to-treat-spinal-cord-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/25\/a-study-in-mice-hints-at-a-new-way-to-treat-spinal-cord-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"A study in mice hints at a new way to treat spinal cord injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After a devastating spinal cord injury, mice\u2019s nerve cells balloon up in size. Some of these neurons stay swollen longer than expected<\/a> and begin to die, a study published September 25 in Science Translational Medicine<\/em> shows. A drug that brought this swelling down improved the mice\u2019s recovery, though it\u2019s not yet known if the approach would work in people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until now, the details of neuron swelling in the spinal cord weren\u2019t clear, says Bo Chen, a neuroscientist at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know how long [the cells stay swollen], or if they\u2019re going to die,\u201d he says. \u201cWe were guessing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n