Restoring Function to the Injured Human Spinal Cord

This book has two major themes: one, to provide a general understanding of the biology of spinal cord injury (SCI) in ani­ mal models and their relationship to naturally occurring inju­ ry in man, and secondly, to review novel means to induce functional recovery from spinal cord injury based on developmental biophysics and physiology. These are new innovations in the treatment of SCI, born of disciplines that have not re­ ceived much attention from investigators interested in the re­ pair a...