Vol. 40 No. 4, Supplement 1 July/August 2003

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Translational Research and Spinal Cord Injury

  1   From the bench to the body: Key issues associated with research aimed at a cure for SCI
Marca L. Sipski, MD

  9    Brain-dependent movements and cerebral-spinal connections:
Key targets of cellular and behavioral enrichment in CNS injury models
Timothy Schallert, PhD; Martin T. Woodlee, BS

19   Quantification of functional behavior in humans and animals: Time for a paradigm shift
Edelle Carmen Field-Fote, PhD, PT

25   Physiological methods to measure motor function in humans and animals with spinal cord injury
Christine K. Thomas, PhD; Brian R. Noga, PhD

35   Methods to measure sensory function in humans versus animals
Alberto Martinez-Arizala, MD

41   Common animal models for spasticity and pain
Mary Eaton, PhD

55   Transplantation strategies to promote repair of the injured spinal cord
Mary Bartlett Bunge, PhD; Damien D. Pearse, PhD

63   Confirming an experimental therapy prior to transfer to humans: What is the ideal?
W. Dalton Dietrich, PhD

71   Cellular therapies for spinal cord injury: What will the FDA need to approve moving from the laboratory to the human?
Jacqueline Sagen, PhD

81   Drug development in spinal cord injury: What is the FDA looking for?
Edward D. Hall, PhD

93   The consumer's perspective and the professional literature: What do persons with spinal cord injury want?
Irene M. Estores, MD