Winter 2005

• Clinical Studies Abroad: What Can We Learn?

Summer 2004

• Signals for Axon Guidance

Winter 2004

• Steps Toward "Rewiring" Walking

Summer 2003

• Advances in Protecting the Spinal Cord: Discovering the Intricacies of Injury

Winter 2003

• Going Beyond Bridges: A Quest for Reconnection

Spring 2002

• Moving Hope to Reality through Translational Research

Fall 2001

• The Stem Cell: Another Promising Tool

Spring 2001

• Applying Genetic Tools to Regeneration Research

Winter 2000

• Meetings of the Mind - Neuroscientists Convene in New Orleans

Summer 2000

• Neural Stem Cells in Spinal Cord Repair
  Developing the potential to replace nerve cells or remyelinating cells in the central nervous system – Dr. Pantelis Tsoulfas

Spring 2000

• Do the Locomotion...Training the Spinal Cord to Improve Gait
  Is modifying central pattern generator activity a key to restoring walking after SCI? -- Drs. Blair Calancie, Edelle Field-Fote and Brian Noga

Winter 1999

• Interleukin-10 Protects the Spinal Cord by Reducing Inflammation
  New neuroprotective strategy uses natural immune-suppressive agent to reduce tissue and functional loss after CNS injury -- Drs. John Bethea and W. Dalton Dietrich

Summer 1999

• A Century of Development in the Nervous System II: The Promise of Regeneration Research
  One hundred years of progress in spinal cord regeneration research -- A review

Spring 1999

• A Century of Development in the Nervous System: Back to the Basics
  Major developments in twentieth century neuroscience that led the way to today's regeneration breakthroughs

Winter 1998

• Strategies and Technologies to Restore Function and Fitness
  Functional neuromuscular stimulation (FNS; Parastep1) devices and a new exercise strategy to improve cardiovascular fitness after SCI. -- Drs. Patrick Jacobs and Mark Nash

Summer 1998

• Winning by a Nose? Using Olfactory Ensheathing Glia in SCI
  Improving regeneration beyond Schwann cell bridges by adding cells that usher growing axons into target spinal cord regions. -- Dr. Mary Bartlett Bunge

Spring 1998

• Clinical Studies Yield Important Advances in Surgical Procedures
  Clinical experience with spinal detethering surgery and development of a new intraoperative monitoring technique to protect the spinal cord. --Drs. Barth Green and Blair Calancie

Winter 1997

• First Things First -- Protecting the Nervous System
  Protecting the spinal cord from secondary injury using growth factors and mild hypothermia. -- Drs. W. Dalton Dietrich and Robert Yezierski

Summer 1997

• New Research Takes Aim at the Difficult Problem of Pain
  Basic and clinical scientists join to combat chronic SCI-related pain. -- Drs. Robert Yezierski, Mary Eaton and Eva Widerstrom-Noga

Spring 1997

• The Human Element
  Overview of rehabilitation research in the Louis and Virginia Bantle Center. -- Interview with Dr. Blair Calancie

Spring 1997 Extra

• Answering the Call: Subjects Step Forward
  Comments from three participants in the ongoing body weight support/locomotion study.

Winter 1996

• A Great Scientist and a Great Friend
  Tribute to the late Dr. Richard P. Bunge, Scientific Director

Summer 1996

• Stimulating Research Aims at Improving Arm Function After Cervical SCI
  Design of a new FES arm-crank exercise device, and physiological studies of arm function and spasticity in quadriplegic subjects -- Dr. Chris Thomas, Belinda Needham-Shropshire and Tracy Cameron

Summer 1996 Extra

• "Bridging" Approach to Spinal Cord Repair Validated by New Study From Sweden
  Special report on results from Stockholm: peripheral nerve grafts promote regeneration and recovery of function -- comment by Drs. Richard and Mary Bunge and Barth Green

Spring 1996

• Cellular Bridges on the Road to Regeneration
  Schwann cell transplantation to promote regeneration through sites of spinal cord injury -- Drs. Mary Bunge and Naomi Kleitman

Winter 1995

• Collaborative Effort Accelerates Progress
  Research collaborations with colleagues in university, biotechnology and spinal cord research funding agencies

Summer 1995

• Exploring the Nervous System, Cell by Cell
  Description of cells in the nervous systems and their responses to injury -- Dr. Patrick Wood

Spring 1995

• New Hope for Fatherhood After SCI
  Male Fertility Research Program -- Drs. Nancy Brackett and Charles Lynne

Winter 1994

• Cell Lines Hold Surprising Potential for Replacing Lost Nerve Cells
  Genetic engineering and transplantation of rodent nerve cell lines -- Dr. Scott Whittemore

Summer 1994

• Exploring the Intricate Function of the Human Spinal Cord
  Analysis of human spinal cord injured subjects and evidence for a "central pattern generator" for human walking -- Dr. Blair Calancie

Summer 1994 Extra

• A New Approach to Safer Spine Surgery
  New technique developed to protect patients during pedicle screw placement -- Drs. Blair Calancie, Parley Madsen and Nathan Lebwohl

Spring 1994

• Comprehensive Evaluation of Human Spinal Cord Injury
  Anatomical & Magnetic Resonance studies of post-mortem spinal cords -- Drs. Richard Bunge and Robert Quencer