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A Common Drug Could Help Restore Limb Function After Spinal Cord Injury

Posted on December 4th, 2019

In mouse study, nerve pain drug gabapentin promotes regeneration of neural circuits

Motor Axons in a Mouse Model. — In one of the mouse models for this research, one side of the descending spinal pathway is damaged (above right) while the other side (above left) remains intact. In this image, bright streaks on the right show that in mice treated with gabapentin, descending motor axons are able to sprout to send nerve impulses to the denervated part of the spinal cord – a key step in rebuilding the central nervous system after injury.

Long-term treatment with gabapentin, a commonly prescribed drug for nerve pain, could help restore upper limb function after a spinal cord injury, new research in mice suggests.

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