"Spinal Cord Injury Therapy" ed. by Antonio Ibarra, Gabriel Guízar-Sahagún, Elisa García-Vences

This volume is dedicated to spinal cord injury (SCI) and deals with the pathophysiology of SCI, the effect of antioxidant and immunosuppressive agents, stem cell-based therapies, the use of cultured cells for transference or transplantation, and the application of non-invasive modalities (transcutaneous electrical spinal cord stimulation, etc.) for SCI rehabilitation.

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the main pathologies causing significant loss of neurological function. Therefore, a variety of pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies are the aims of several studies. To provide the best care, it is important to know and understand the therapeutic approaches that have shown important progress in this topic. This book contains eight chapters that are divided into three sections: Introduction, Pharmacological Therapies, and Non-Pharmacological Therapies.

Contents
1.Introductory Chapter: Trends in Therapeutic Strategies after Spinal Cord Injury
2.Physiopathology of Spinal Cord Injury
3.Reactive Astrocyte Gliosis: Production of Inhibitory Molecules
4.Current Developments in Antioxidant Therapies for Spinal Cord Injury
5.Effects of Cyclosporin-A, Minocycline, and Tacrolimus (FK506) on Enhanced Behavioral and Biochemical Recovery from Spinal Cord Injury in Rats
6.Noninvasive Modalities Used in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
7.Transplantation or Transference of Cultured Cells as a Treatment for Spinal Cord Injury
8.Neuroregenerative-Rehabilitative Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury